Muffin makings

Christopher RobinOur Town Arts

It is nearly blueberry season, a taste of summer. What a pure burst of farm-fresh taste!
I like seeing and painting them piled high in a typical aqua market box, but …

Buffalo clover

Christopher RobinOur Town Arts

East Tennesseans, with our mountains and forests, may have difficulty comprehending the vastness of the Great American prairie until seen. Traveling east from the Black Hills of South Dakota, the …

Old friends

Christopher RobinOur Town Arts

Looking for comfort? Peonies just might be the answer.
Like well-loved old friends, peonies show up each year at just the right time. Never stuffy or pretentious, they give a burst …

Table for two

Christopher RobinOur Town Arts

This table for two sat atop a sand dune near our tent located on the edge of the Sahara Desert in southeast Morocco. The sands of the Western Sahara Desert …

Lawman legacy

Christopher RobinOur Town Arts

Who are you going to call when you need help? Who do you depend on during an emergency? Everyone is full of praise for our first responders, health care workers …

Knox Rail Salvage

Christopher RobinOur Town Arts

With heavily saturated colors, overdone HDR processing and those obnoxious power lines, there is so much wrong with this image that it surely is not my style of art. However, …

Bright spot

Christopher RobinOur Town Arts

What a beautiful spring we’ve had, a grief antidote, a bright spot in an unsure time. For years I have passed this scene just down the road from my home. …

Blue mosque and orb

Christopher RobinOur Town Arts

To create more interesting photos of a large landscape or a distant object, include something in the foreground. Each post of the railing of our Istanbul rooftop restaurant had a …