Robin Danks
explore the wonderful world of color, abstraction & connection
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abstract work
my latest abstracted works featuring inspired colors
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Portraits
What inspires an artist to begin their journey later in life? In my case—sanity. I’m not even kidding. After spending tens of thousands of hours working in the high-pressure world of healthcare, I hit my max capacity sometime in late 2023. Healthcare workers like myself (radiology tech in cath lab) and nurses are in the top 5 of ALL careers suffering burnout.
Burnout in healthcare isn’t just about exhaustion—it’s dangerous. If you can’t bring yourself to care about your patients, you’re not going to give them your best, and that puts both them and yourself at risk. Healthcare jobs involve infectious diseases at every turn, sharp objects, combative patients, and the constant moving and lifting of adult patients. I had pushed through burnout before, twice in fact, always managing to mend and continue. But this time, something had to change.
For those who haven’t known me long, creativity has been part of my life since I could hold a crayon. My artistic practice was never consistent—just bursts of inspiration here and there—until the green bike incident (which I wrote about in another blog, if you’re curious).
The real turning point, though, came four years before in late 2014 with the loss of my mother. Losing a parent is hard enough, but it was quickly followed by the end of a seven-year relationship and the death of a close friend to cancer. It was too much to process alone, and therapy became a lifeline. My therapist encouraged me to find a way to honor my mother. The first thing that came to mind? Art.
And so, my journey into a more consistent creative practice began.
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Abstract work gallery
Work in progress. Stay tuned.