“It is heartening to see an artist exploring this idiom in a way that gives viewers as much to think about as it gives them to see.” —Mark Van Proyen, Art in America
“I want to give the artist props for the sense of humor that infuses this work.”
—Kathryn Ward, ArtBusiness.com
“Robin Ward’s watercolors of swimming horses and lounging walruses against textured white grounds are visually stunning, particularly in what they don’t show.” —Jake Spicer, East Bay Express
The chalky sinkhole environments of Ward’s paintings are themselves the central organisms of assimilation and enclosure, akin to the body captivity of a butterfly chrysalis.. What Ward arrives at is an allegory of flight risk, and not a martyrology in any sense.” —Jordan Essoe, Artweek
“Ward works with a carefully defined palette—primarily of blue, gray, pink, yellow, beige, and white—and skillfully employs negative spaces to accent the clear, deliberate lines of her drawings.” Clark Buckner, San Francisco Bay Guardian
“Ward uses several techniques to emphasize the species’ surreal and symbolic aura: rich, isolated detail; copious negative space; a flattened picture plane and a neutral gouache layer that makes the fine drawings pop out, heightening the visual and psychological conceit of the imagery.” —Laura Janku, Art on Paper
“I think it is their post humanism, finally, that manages to render Ward’s works so compellingly and convincingly humane. Many of her figures are immersed in floods of blank, of ink, of ocean, of wind, of history, of imagination and psychic distress. And yet it must be said that so many of Ward’s works are simply lovely, clearheaded, and often quite funny.” Dale Carrico, Professor of Rhetoric UC Berkeley