Jane E Robbins, PSA

Jane E Robbins, PhD, began painting after a long career as an entrepreneur, strategy consultant, and professor of innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategic leadership at University of Arizona and Vanderbilt University. 

 Now a full-time artist working exclusively in soft pastel, a medium she prizes for its luminosity, vibrancy, versatility, and immediacy, Jane is an elected Signature member of Pastel Society of America (PSA); elected Exhibiting Artist of Providence Art Club; elected Nonresident Artist Member of Salmagundi Club of New York; juried Signature Member of Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, Central Mass Pastel Society, and Arizona Pastel Painters Society; and President of the Central Mass Pastel Society. In 2023 and 2024 she was to be named to Pastel Journal’s “Pastel 100,” showcasing the “best in pastel” selected from around the world.

 A native of New Jersey who grew up vacationing on Long Beach Island, Jane is best known for her coastal paintings of dunes and waves, and for her cooking-oriented still lifes. She returns to LBI every summer to do “research” for her dune and seascape paintings. Her award-winning work, which she exhibits in juried national and international pastel and all-media shows, is in private collections throughout the country, the UK, and Europe. She is a sought-after teacher of classes and workshops in soft pastel.