Robin Anderson discovered that she was a gifted artist at the early age of six when her mother gave her a pencil and some paper. Much to her mother’s astonishment, instead of producing a page full of scribbles, Anderson drew a detailed sketch of a little girl waiting for a train. Later in life, Anderson decided to formally study her craft, specifically watercolor and acrylic painting, at Moorpark Jr. College in California and later at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. After her schooling, Anderson began her artistic career by painting commissioned watercolor portraits and eventually shifted her focus to the more stable field of architectural illustration.

Always an admirer of oil paintings, Anderson decided to study the medium with Jim Smyth at the Palo Alto Cultural Center. While studying, she discovered that oil paints were the perfect medium for her floral paintings. Anderson’s exquisitely detailed oil paintings have now been featured in American Artist Magazine and have sold well in prominent galleries.