Havasu Art Trail Features Local Artists In Their Studios

By Becky Maxedon

This weekend is the perfect time to enjoy many of Lake Havasu City’s artists at the third annual Havasu Art Trail.

Havasu Art Trail is a local nonprofit that features the annual Art Trail. The public is invited to visit and meet the artists where they work on their creations. The Art Trail strives to encourage a connection between the community and its artists.

One such artist is Jeff Robinson. Robinson has been a Havasu resident since 1981 and has retired fron the real estate business.

Artwork by Jeff Robinson on display during the Havasu Art Trail. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene

Robinson is a landscape artist specializing in oil painting.

“I do mostly desert scenes – places I’ve seen around Havasu while riding razors in the desert,” Robinson said.

“I do some ocean scenes and stuff like that. I do it for my own pleasure. I like to paint,” he said.

Robinson said he has been painting most of his life. “I quit for about 20 years during my career and when I retired, I took it back up.”

In his studio, Robinson said he has more than 200 paintings – some he continues to work on. “I usually have two or three paintings going at once.”

He was displaying 80 paintings for the Havasu Art Trail.

Artwork by Jeff Robinson on display during the Havasu Art Trail. Jillian Danielson/RiverScene

Not only is Robinson a prolific artist, but he is also the recent recipient of a heart transplant utilizing new technology.

The technology uses a new organ perfusion that allows the heart to beat as it was transported in a box from another medical center. The procedure, dubbed “heart-in-a-box” was performed at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix.

To learn more about Robinson, visit his Facebook page at Original Landscape Paintings by Jeff Robinson.

The Havasu Art Trail continues through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information and a map of the artist’s studios, visit havasuarttrail.com.