RJack Art

06/14/2026

Very honored to be included in the exhibit “Bigger Picture” at Range Projects Gallery, Los Angeles curated by Linda Jo Russell, sponsored by the Southern California women’s Caucus of Art.

“Between Decision and Dissent”72X60, Mixed Media on Canvas.

06/07/2026

What if what we're calling "anxiety" is actually comparison, self-doubt, and disconnection from our creative selves?

Lately I've been questioning a word I use all the time: anxiety.

Not clinical anxiety, but the catch-all version we use when something feels uncomfortable, uncertain, or emotionally complicated.

I realized that many of the things I blamed on anxiety were actually moments of self-doubt, comparison, fear of not measuring up, or simply losing connection to my creative center.

In my newest Substack essay, I reflect on the pressures artists face today, from social media and FOMO to the endless race to be visible, and why slowing down may be the most radical creative act available to us.

If you've ever wondered whether you're creating from your soul or from obligation, this one's for you.

Link in bio.

05/26/2026

New Work! “Rupture” 18X5.5 feet. Mixed media on canvas.

05/26/2026

“Rupture” - when the vessel cannot hold any longer. 18X5.5 feet mixed media on upcycled canvas. A response to grief and love.

05/22/2026

When grief has a moment to rise, and the body vessel holds too much, but the fear of letting it out is paralyzing, this artist still has to stand in front of that substrate and walk-through, not around, but into that space. There is no other option. New work in progress, 12X5 feet.

05/12/2026

Curious about what I’ve been working on lately? I’m honored to be featured in the latest Voyage LA article, Life & Work with Robin Jack Sarner of Rancho Palos Verdes, where I share more about my artistic practice, creative journey, and current projects.

Thank you to Voyage LA for the thoughtful feature. Full Interview link below.

Today we'd like to introduce you to Robin Jack Sarner. Hi Robin, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?I was always an artist, though my path also included careers in employee benefits sales, teaching art, and raising a family over the last two decades. Retu

05/09/2026

“The Hole That Remains” is a shift in my ongoing Hold/Held series, where questions of containment and emotional restraint have given way to a much more unstable and vulnerable place.

Recent personal loss altered not only the emotional content of the work, but the conditions under which it is made. I found myself less interested in controlling emotion than in witnessing what happens when the body can no longer contain it, when grief exceeds structure and begins to spill outward.

What is so interesting in my grief journey, and how it has changed the direction of this body of work, is my relationship to intuition itself. Where earlier paintings move quickly with instinct, and sometimes pour outward immaturely, this piece emerged through pauses, reconsideration, and prolonged stillness.

Grief introduced a new awareness into the studio: sometimes emotion does not produce movement, it’s suspend it.

By allowing myself vulnerability and silence… an “unfinished feeling” remains present rather than some sort of certainty of finalized work. This concept is very new for me and I’m learning to embrace it. Thank you to so many for your comfort and encouragement, know that it has made a difference. 😘 70X60 on canvas.

05/03/2026

I always thought art would be the place I go to process everything.

Right now, I can’t get there.

This is something I wrote about grief, stillness, and what happens when the work doesn’t come.

https://rjsarner.substack.com/p/i-cannot-make-a-mark?r=elsms

04/05/2026

Something BIG is happening in the studio.

On scale, self-trust, and finding a rhythm inside the work