"Under the Palapa," 2024 is an oil on paper in shades of black, white gray with accents of orange, lilac, yellow and green. The kaleidoscope of colored slivers are glimpses of hues that one may expect to see peeking through the thatched sheltered roof of the palapa.
New York City born Kathi Robinson Frank began painting at an early age. While in high school, she studied at The Art Students League and pursued her passion at Bard College where she graduated with her BA. Her early influences were Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Rauschenberg and Larry Rivers. Robinson Frank has shown at the Provincetown Art Association, Brydclifffe Kleinert/James Center in Woodstock, New York, the Bell Gallery in Rhinebeck and Woodstock, the Wired Gallery in High Falls, New York and Has Morada in Buccerias, Mexico. In 2016 she had a solo show at P.S. 209 Gallery in Stone Ridge, New work and was part of a group exhibition at the 1stdibs Gallery in Manhattan.