I am a contemporary Canadian landscape artist. I'm a visual story teller engaged in a mad race against time. recording disappearing pre-urbanized landscapes, as cities swallow land in fertile temperate zones. I use Elemental Texture, Luminous Colour, Symbolic Shapes and Lyrical Line and a process I have developed and call Glazed Acrylic. also see me on instagram @robinbarattaartist

Monday, August 5, 2019

Carriage Line


     A small stream flowing into the Thames River meanders through the fields near Delaware, it's carving its way through hills and shaded by trees, offering refuge and nourishment to the wildlife. In the midst of a rapidly changing world, this stream stands as a sanctuary, at least for the time being.





Carriage line, glazed acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang
12x16,CDN $335.00
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Rural Geometry




Rural Geometry, Usually I'm attracted to the patterns I see in the undulation of the land, but in this flat as a pancake plateau, the patterns are all straight lines, the geometry of man. Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang,
12x16,  $335.00  CND$


available at Gathered Gallery Sparta Ontario


























Fruit Ridge Line







Inland from the lake, a steep road rises to the crest of the ridge that defines the shore of
 the ancient sea.
Fruit Ridge, as it's name denotes is the home to orchards and fertile farms that bask in the sun on
this southern slope .
 Glazed Acrylic, on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang
 8X10, CDN $215.00

                  Consigned to: The Collective Mercantile  Sparta                               

























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Just Outside Of Town






Just Outside Of Town,
To the South of town, the land is still farms, to the North the voracious city is gobbling land up. I record what is, but I wonder how long will this vista of lovely lyrical  lines will last?  Is the loss of productive land inviable or is there a way to develop more  intelligently?

 glazed acrylic on cradled wooden panel, ready to hang

8x10, CDN $215.00

https://thecollective-newsarum.ca/



















































Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Dancing Palms


Dancing Palms, Diptych 
One of our favourite places on earth is Hunting Island SC, this barrier island is exposed to the Atlantic, and barely above sea level, which puts it at great risk from the changing weather patterns. This group of palms is just off the campground beach path, even though there have been successive devastating hurricanes recently, they still stand. Their neighbouring Pines have succumbed, the Live Oaks have had much damage, but the silly mop head palms survive. There is something to be  said for being  flexible, and able to shed your fronds when the going gets tough.
Be like a palm, dance your way through the hurricanes of life. 
5x15, glazed acrylic, flat mounted on wooden panel, glazed acrylic 
$220.00 
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Saturday, April 23, 2016

Restoule

Restoule Provincial Park, Painting Northern Ontario, Robin Baratta

This was the one of the very first paintings in my signature 'Glazed Acrylic' style. We were camping in our tiny first RV, and I decided to do some experimenting... the rest as they say is history! 


Restoule Provincial Park in Northern Ontario is defined by ancient cedar trees, and high Canadian Shield rock cliffs.  Time on a human scale seems inconsequential here.

 Glazed Acrylic, 18x24, on un mounted wooden panel, unframed,
$462.00,free shipping in Canada