Natalie Robinson is a young muralist from the USA who is curious, driven, and spontaneous. She loves to learn, and even though she is still completing her B.F.A in Graphic Design at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, she already has accumulated experiences outside of school that have shown just how passionate she is about the mural public art scene. Natalie came to ´ace to participate in the Palimpsest Project–Mural Painting residency program, where she built a mural installation depicting and mentioning the things that she is grateful for.

Viewing things in a nonconformist way, to see sparkle in the mundane, and the amazing in the ordinary, Natalie’s perspective on life has served her as an inspiration in her pursuit of a career as a professional artist. For her, creativity may be sparked by almost anything – the pattern of debris along the side of a road; the sights and sounds at a Waffle House at 2am; a quiet walk in the woods; or a Friday night rerun of an old Bob Ross episode. Ultimately, it is her goal as an artist, to inspire the future generations of artists to embrace their child-like selves and to go out and create their own world by making their own opportunities. This will excite others to dive in deep and explore their own minds, hold on to their creativity, and be who they really are.

About her art practice, Natalie says: “From the frescoes of the Brancacci and Sistine Chapels, to the Fraternal Kiss on the Berlin Wall, to the myriad Black Lives Matter murals of the past year, murals have always had a great effect on society and can be an incredible source of inspiration to people. We all want to belong somewhere and I believe murals are just the thing that makes a community feel at home and connected to one another. In the classic work of literature, Red Fish, Blue Fish, One Fish, Two Fish, Dr. Seuss notes: ‘From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.’”