Ruth Robinson grew up in Grand Bay, AL on a farm growing corn, picking cotton, and raising chickens and farming with a mule. She started painting at the age of 8. During her teenage years, all of her paintings were lost in a tragic housefire. Ruth didn’t begin painting again until the year 2000, while taking care of her elderly parents. Ruth Robinson grew up in Grand Bay, AL on a farm growing corn, picking cotton, and raising chickens and farming with a mule. She started painting at the age of 8. During her teenage years, all of her paintings were lost in a tragic housefire. Ruth didn’t begin painting again until the year 2000, while taking care of her elderly parents. Ruth’s paintings are about the people from her past and present, and especially her family. For the people in her past, she brings them back to life in her paintings. She paints on canvas and also small objects and furniture like chairs, tables, and almost anything she can find that’s made of wood or metal. Her paintings are framed with wood from old slave quarters cabin in Mississippi, a 150 year old church in Grand Bay, AL, and wood reclaimed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Ruth’s Work is currently being featured in Marcia Weber Art Objects in Montgomery, AL and American Folk Art Gallery in Asheville, NC. Ruth has also shown her work in Cathedral Square Gallery in Mobile, AL.