Robin Botie Photo Gallery | Finding Life After Loss

Robin Botie photoshops multiple images of herself dancing with baby goats. Original photos by Mary Jane Hetzlein of Ithaca, New York.

Mother goat in Ithaca, New York by Robin Botie

A goat smiles in Ithaca, New York. By Robin Botie.

Robin Botie in Ithaca, New York, photoshops together two images of her friend hugging herself as a child.

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, Photoshops a friend who went to Nepal to build shelters for earthquake victims

Robin Botie in Ithaca, New York, sings to the moon, to her daughter in the moon.

Robin Botie being hugged at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by a statue from Mesopotamia or Sumeria or -

Robin Botie sits by the water with her late grandfather

In Ithaca, New York, Robin Botie, blogger and Photoshopper, photographsin multiples a friend in the garden room at Longview, an Ithacare Community.

Robin Botie of ithaca, New York, photoshops goats and Marika Warden (the girl in Ithaca who kicked leukemia but died of complications) wearing her coat of many colors in a Montessori school play.

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, photoshops a salad that sings in the sky.

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, crashes into concrete countertop and gets a shiner like a landscape on her face.

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, Photoshops her Havanese dog's eye in a landscape of fields and dark clouds.

Robin Botie of ithaca, New York Photoshops her Havanese dog gazing at a dandelion by the pond.

Robin Botie in Ithaca, New York Photoshops daughter, Marika Warden, swimming in pond filled with algae.

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, photoshops great blue herons at sunrise on a lake.

early photo of Marika Warden with angel wings taken by Robin botie of Ithaca, New York at the old Michigan Wymyn's Music Festival

Robin Botie's Havanese dog stands over the cell phone that emits strange ringtones

Rusty, a Pomeranian dog, peeks out between pink-spotted leaves in the forest off Comfort Road in Ithaca, New York.

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, Photoshops produce and trees reflected in Cayuga Lake at the Ithaca Farmers' Market.

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, photoshops a stuffed puppy on a Long Point, Ontario beach on Lake Erie with trumpeter swans in the distance.

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, photoshops herself joyfull greeting the image of her dead daughter walking through the door.

Robin Botie of ithaca, New York, tries to do the tree yoga stance in a photoshopped moonscape.

In Ithaca, New York, Robin Botie photoshops Vicky, a friend's fat cat with dancing whiskers.

In Ithaca, New York, Robin Botie Photoshops brownies and a glass of wine in front of a raccoon that sits, waiting on the deck of her home.

Robin Botie of ithaca, New York, foinds a photo of a red tree from the last beautiful day in October.

After seeing the movie Still Alice, Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, worries about having Alzheimer's.

Robin Botie of ithaca, New York restores a 75 year-old photo by Lorstan Photography Studios of her aunt, Bertha Spector of Brooklyn.

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, wearing cactus and thanking her lucky stars she's not roadkill.

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, wears a landscape she Photoshopped from her pictures of hiking in Tucson.

Robin Botie and her friend Fullis at the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes Walkathon and 5K Run.

Robin Botie in Ithacca, New York dog-sits for Hobbes, an ancient dogwho sits for the camera only occasionally.

friend of Robin Botie in Ithaca, New York, calls out her window to blue twittwer birds

Robin Botie in Ithaca, New York, photoshops a friend flying in clouds over trees..

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, is reflected, praying with camera

Marika Warden as a young on a moonlit beach, photoshopped by Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York

Mother of Robin Botie with dieffenbachia plant that is experiencing change and loss

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, looking at the photo of herself in the hospital.

Suki, Robin botie's Havanese dog in Ithaca, New York, in the garden with a bee

Yoga on the dock of Wiawaka Holiday House on Lake George led by Kathleen Fisk. Attended by Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, and other bereaved mothers from all over New York.

One duck left at Robin Botie's pond in Ithaca, New York

Sick with a cold, Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, cuddles up with handknit afghan and dog.

Robin Botie in Ithaca, New York, photoshops a portrait of the cat she had euthanized.

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, photoshops images of herself and her daughter who died, Marika Warden, on Bells Beach off the Great Ocean Road in southeast Australia.

Tory, the dog that loves water, photographed by Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York.

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York photoshops Marika Warden, the girl in Ithaca who kicked leukemia but died of complications.

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, as a toddler holding up her younger sister, Laurie Botie.

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, Photoshops the raven design she made for Silk Oak, an Ithaca-based design studio

Robin Botie in Ithaca, New york, Photoshops her daughter who died of leukemia as a young girl surrounded by balloons

Robin Botie in Ithaca, New York, hovers over computer screen showing her daughter, Marika Warden, who died of leukemia at the age of 20.

A Banyan tree in Florida with roots wrapped around its trunk photographed by Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York.

Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York, delivers her elevator speech in photoshopped elevator filled with people

Edie the Dog looks unapproachable. Photographed by Robin Botie of Ithaca, New York.

Robin Botie in Ithaca, New York knows that you don't lose a child when a child dies.

Robin Botie's tiramisu bowl before it broke in Ithaca, New York.

14 thoughts on “Gallery”

Christine Stockwell 2019/07/03 at 00:20

Your work has a very strong voice – I could pick out your work in a line-up. That’s a good thing. It’s a quality that galleries look for in an artist. I know hat many of these creations are personal expressions of love and loss but they could also claim a larger place in the world.

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Robin Botie Post author2019/07/12 at 17:33

That is really kind of you, Christine. Thank you for reading and responding so. Love, yes, but please let’s not allow loss to claim too large a place in this world. In your gallery you must go crazy hearing all the expressions of love and loss. They must pierce your heart constantly as they howl and shriek and and ooze dripping off the walls.

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gayle gray 2017/01/09 at 23:14

I LOVE LOVE LOVE your quirky, warm, emotional, joyful art.

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Robin Botie Post author2017/01/16 at 07:49

Many thanks, Gayle. I’m trying to make my artwork more warm and joyful. So this was good to hear. Quirky is welcome too. To me, ‘quirky’ is like the new ‘exotic.’ Something not quite belonging to normal, but trendy, and definitely something (these days) to strive for. Cheers!

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Sandra Wold 2018/01/24 at 21:40

I love your art! So much playfulness and beauty!

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1. Robin Botie Post author2018/02/12 at 15:58
  
  Can’t figure out if you’re complimenting Gayle Gray or me here, Sandy. But thanks for your compliment, either way.
  
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connie shipos 2016/02/12 at 01:59

I enjoyed looking at your wonderful art tonight as I couldn’t get to sleep. I think I know that huge tree. Is it in Deerfield Beach?

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Robin Botie Post author2016/02/15 at 07:44

Hi Connie. And welcome to my online home. I’m so glad you found my Gallery although I’m sorry you couldn’t find your sleep. When I went to Florida to visit my mother, I loved all the twisty, hugging trees. I must have photographed hundreds of them from Pompano Beach to Sanibel. I don’t believe I’ve been north to Deerfield Beach since before I picked up a camera. But I used to visit Wakodahatchee Wildlife Sanctuary near Delray Beach. What a gem that place was. Especially early mornings. Good to know there are lots more huge hugging trees out there. Thank you.

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1. Bettina 2017/03/05 at 09:57
  
  Totally love your webpage, sage wisdom,PHOTOS. I specially love the three herons. I am a bird watcher and hope to continue to receive your emails or newsletters, if you have them to distribute. We need your inspiration.
  
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  1. Robin Botie Post author2017/03/05 at 11:57
    
    Hi Bettina. Thank you for finding me. And for liking the herons. And for reminding me that spring will come sooner or later, bringing back the birds that are so much fun (not to mention challenging) to photograph. I hope you signed up for my blogs because I intend to go after more birds this spring. Thanks for “putting a bird in my ear.”
    
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laurel hecht 2016/01/29 at 07:36

wonderful pieces of art!

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Robin Botie Post author2016/02/01 at 07:35

Thank you so much, Laurel. So great to have you find my site and my work. Quite different from my old life as Silk Oak or plumber’s keeper. I really appreciate your compliment. I’m encouraged to update my Gallery now so maybe you’ll find your way back there again soon. Cheers!

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Cintia 2016/01/12 at 15:55

Hello Robin
It’s so nice! I had never seen it before! You are very, very creative and sensitive!
Thanks for share so beautiful pictures and emotions.
Fraternal hug! Best wishes for new year 🙂

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Robin Botie Post author2016/01/12 at 17:56

Thank you and best wishes to you also. I’m so glad you have visited my site. Cheers!

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