She was awarded the 2009 International Encaustic Painting Conference Award for Best in Show- *Peoples Choice* in the exhibition curated by Nicholas Capasso, chief curator of the Decordova Museum.Most recently Robin was the recipient of the 2010 "Spotlight Award" for 'Outstanding Abstract Artist of the Year', honored by The Wire magazine as one of 2009's most intriguing artists and featured on the cover of the Boston Globe's G-Style Magazine and Martha Stewart Whole Living magazine. Robin concentrates primarily on the ancient wax based medium of Encaustic paint, a molten beeswax mixed with resin and dry pigments, which she inco