Two major rivers flow through Oregon, the Willamette and the Columbia, nourishing both farmland and industry along the way. It is along their banks that Daniel Robinson finds inspiration for his gorgeously rich oil paintings. Robinson's work is influenced by his study of European masters, and of artists such as Edward Hopper and Thomas Benton who depicted the fertile strength of the American landscape to such great effect. Robinson, too, has an amazing ability to convey an aesthetic integrity to utilitarian subjects; his factories and grain elevators co-exist in perfect harmony with the land, exhibiting a beauty that goes beyond the functional. Daniel Robinson lives in Fossil, Oregon and is represented by the Mercury Gallery, Boston. His pictures have been exhibited in the USA, and are held in a growing number of collections.