Robert Cerins is an exuberant and inspiring soul who delights in expressing his love of life through art, music, and other collaborative journeys. He savours the media of acrylic & watercolour paints. He is also proficient at sketching in pen or pencil.
He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and playing bass guitar was his first artistic outlet. His professional art career began when he arrived in Vancouver, BC at the age of thirty. He now calls Vancouver Island home. His artistic career flourished with a popular line of porcelain jewelry called “Art in Miniature to Wear,” sold all over western Canada.
Robert’s next artistic endeavor was to create on larger canvases of aluminum, wood, and yupo (a completely smooth plastic paper). His work was featured in sell-out shows in Toronto and New York.
Robert thrives when the people who witness his art take time to look at the details, as the details in his art feed his creative muse. He combines his love of painting with his love of jewelry design to create a new line of jewelry that is joyous, vibrant, and bold, with a whimsical twist and a lighthearted flare.
The lines of jewelry he currently creates are called “Original Art to Wear” and “Art in Miniature to Wear,” which are made by reproducing Robert’s original large-format paintings in a small format and turning them into jewelry. These are just two ways he is creating joy in the world through the media of art and design. He thrives with the freedom the jewelry design and creation process allow him.
Some years ago Robert went through a period of blindness when both of his retinas detached within 6 weeks of each other. He has found that creating the tiny details on small pieces of jewelry has rewired and repaired his retinas. He focuses daily on the physical and spiritual aspects of life as he creates art through his meditative process.