Three Minutes, Three Questions

Edward, Jana & Eva Robison

The family that makes art together … ends up showing that art at Brews together? That statement is true for at least one Eureka Springs family. Edward, Jana and daughter Eva Robison, 16, work in different mediums and from different inspirations. But they support each other joyfully and jumped at a chance to share their work in “Three Artists, One House,” on show until July 26 at the Eureka Springs coffee house, pub and art venue. They also answered three questions for What’s Up! 1. Describe your art in 140 characters.

Jana: My art is a whimsical narrative, with a hint of Pop surrealism, a touch of cutie pie and bit of fun!

Eva: In my photography I hope to infuse a sense of intrigue, a sort of nostalgic wanderlust that can’t quite be put into words.

Edward: Interactive augmented reality landscape photography that conveys an energy or “spirit” that flows throughout all of nature.

2. What is the first piece of art you remember making you look, think, want to create? Edward: I don’t remember the first art, but I do remember seeing the first photography that expressed what I experienced when I was out in nature. It was the large-format landscape photographs of southwestern photographer, Michael Fatali. (Later I apprenticed with Fatali for 3 months in Page, Ariz., and Zion National Park in 1997.) Eva: When I was very young, I had an obsession with drawing “mazes.” The concepts of branching paths and unnecessary convolution have always fascinated me, and mazes are a prime example of this. Jana: When I was in high school, I was so busy taking college prep classes that I didn’t have room in my schedule for art classes until my senior year. When I finally took a painting class, there was a classmate that was creating something so amazing that it shifted my outlook of what was possible. I was inspired to create on a more serious level. I realized I had always been creating, I just never knew it could be my path in life.

3. What do you hope your art delivers to viewers?

Eva: I perceive photographs as a mere glimpse; imagination of what lies just outside the boundaries of what you can see is more effective at conjuring emotions than any photograph alone can provide.

Edward: I hope my photographs express the energy flowing throughout all things and connecting us all together; rocks, trees, water, the air we breath, plants, animals, the stars, galaxies… everything. By implementing augmented reality with my photography, I hope to engage the viewer on another level with images of the natural world that “come to life” and show that nature is not static, but is full of energy and life. In turn, hopefully the interactive experience will inspire the viewer to explore the world around them on a deeper level.

Jana: I hope at the very least their eyes get a delicious treat, or just maybe they will connect on a deeper level, an emotional level sparking them to think about something in a new way.

IMAGE COURTESY EDWARD ROBISON III “Photography has the unique ability to transport a viewer to a place without them ever traveling,” says Edward Robison. “This is becoming even more true with technologies like augmented reality and virtual reality. An experience that was once only...

IMAGE COURTESY EVA ROBISON “I feel that perhaps the most important role art plays in the bettering of people’s lives is its cathartic nature for the artists themselves and the inspiration it places in viewers,” says Eva Robison. “Inspiration is very powerful, and without it much...

IMAGE COURTESY JANA ROBISON “Art matters, especially during times of uncertainty,” Jana Robison says. “I think many of us feel anxious about the future and need to express that through our art forms. We, also, need to see hope and our connectedness expressed in art, music, film,...