Robyn Whitney Fairclough is a New Hampshire-based artist whose work explores the relationship between color, figure, and the structural dynamics of painting. Working primarily from the world around her — family, interiors, and her garden — her paintings are representational yet driven by the orchestration of color, spatial tension, and the placement of the figure within the canvas.
For more than forty years, Fairclough’s practice has centered on the process of painting itself. Entering the studio without a predetermined plan, she allows each work to evolve through an intuitive and analytical dialogue, continually adjusting color, form, and composition until the painting resolves as a cohesive whole.
In 2025, she received the top award at the 75th Art New England exhibition at Silvermine Arts Center in Connecticut and will present a solo exhibition there in 2027. Fairclough is represented by Prince Street Gallery in New York City, Barbara von Stechow Galerie in Frankfurt, Germany, and Glimpse Gallery in Concord, New Hampshire. She was previously represented by the David Findlay Gallery in New York, where she held four solo exhibitions.
In addition to her studio practice, Fairclough has worked extensively as a floral designer. She has owned her own flower shop and has designed floral arrangements for weddings and events, as well as worked with several florists in the region, including Jardiniere in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Her artwork has been exhibited widely in the United States and internationally and has been reviewed in The New York Times, Art New England, Frankfurter Allgemeine, and Frankfurter Neue Presse. Fairclough’s work can be found in private collections throughout California, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Vermont as well as austria, France, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands.
For additional information, please contact the artist at her studio at 212-741-1445, or through email at aquamarine@rwfairclough.com.