My father taught me to use the black Singer sewing machine when I was four years old. Our dolls and bears needed places to live, furnishings and food. We would create castles and cottages from cardboard and wood. It was a dream setting for a creative child with endless materials and tools .We were allowed to use our father's bandsaw and drill press when we were eight -  and had a child sized lathe as well. It was within this unbridled environment of curiosity that I explored as many materials as I could get my hands on. Never a minimalist,  I fell in love with many media and pursued a broad range of decorative and fine arts: from painting, ceramics, needlework and photography to fashion and product design.

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After graduating from Vassar I went to New York City and worked my way through the merchandising program at Macy’s. Wanting to be more involved on the creative side, I was hired by Tommy Hilfiger to work in the design room developing licensed products and mens accessories.  From there I moved to Ralph Lauren and worked in merchandising  for the New England territory.  My next adventure allowed me to travel and shop in the capital cities of Europe while developing private label fashion collections for Talbots and J Peterman.

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It was time to switch my product focus to dress the home and garden. Hoping to work with pottery and furnishings, I went to work for The Essex Collection as their Director of Product Development and Design.  Designing whimsical dinnerware and accessories while working with the skilled craftsman at factories all over the world was heaven. I was in awe of the artistry  that had been polished in those time worn buildings. When my daughter was a young child I realized that my restless life on the road overseas did not work for my growing family and that is when I began my own company as a freelance designer – Robin’s Nest Designs.

I still love to create, and MAKE.  You can find me in my sunny studio  painting and creating "Adventure Rabbits" - bespoke bunnies crafted with the finest materials and filled with love and enchantment. I work on paper, canvas, wood and fiber in my illustrative style.  Self-taught, I paint the natural world as I see it an a fanciful vocabulary of color and pattern.  My style is decorative and naive, influenced by the traditional folk arts of Eastern Europe and America.