Hi, I'm Andrea Rubinstein....
I loved to draw growing up but, as so often happens, life got in the way and eventually I stopped.
Then, shortly after I retired, I saw a friend’s travel sketchbook and was inspired to start one myself. I began carrying a small sketchbook with me and, using mostly watercolor and ink, I began to sketch things in my everyday life that captured my attention or seemed significant. By forcing me to closely pay attention to the moment, I quickly realized that these sketches, no matter how wonky they were, created more vivid memories for me than all those quick photographs I had been taking. I was hooked!
Eventually I felt the desire to expand beyond my daily sketchbook practice and make paintings using just watercolors. I find the immediacy, transparency and unpredictability of watercolor fascinating. Its unique challenge to “go with the flow” sometimes feels like a daredevil act with me hoping I will land on my feet.
My Life as an Artist....
Education
Master’s of Museum Practice, University of Michigan
Professional Experience
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, NEA Intern
Phoenix Art Museum, Registrar & Assistant Curator
Vermilionville Living History Museum & Folk Life Park, Board of Directors
Exhibits
2017 Lafayette Art Association, Juried Exhibit, Lafayette, LA
2017 Lafayette Watercolor Society, Lafayette, LA
2017 Fine Arts Co-op Gallery, Juried Exhibit, Lafayette, LA
2019 Watercolorists Unlimited Group Show, Blackwell Mills Canal House, Somerset, NJ
2019 Watercolorists Unlimited Group Show, "Autumn Splendor", Gourgaud Gallery, Cranbury, NJ
2021 Watercolorists Unlimited Group Show, “Friends of Color”, Gourgaud Gallery, Cranbury, NJ
2021, Watercolorists Unlimited Group Show, Parsonage Barn, Cranbury, NJ
2022, Mercer County Senior Art Show
2022, Watercolorists Unlimited Group Show, “Back to the Palette”, Gourgaud Gallery, Cranbury, NJ
2023, Artists Circle Group Show, Village Grande at Bear Creek, Princeton Junction, NJ
2023, Watercolorists Unlimited Group Show, Cranbury Public Library, NJ
2024 Watercolorists Unlimited, Monroe Twp Public Library, NJ
2024 Artists Circle Group Show, Village Grande at Bear Creek, Princeton Junction, NJ
2024 West Windsor Arts, Off the Wall Art Show (juried show)
Workshop Education
Susan Crouch
Evelyn Dunphy
Jean Haines
Joyce Hicks
Tom Powers
David Rankin
James Richards
Shari Blaukoph
On-line Education
Sketchbook Skool
Laure Ferlita
Jane LaFazio
James Richards
Hazel Soan
Liz Steel
Jean Haines
Angela Fehr
Brenda Swenson
Andy Evansen
Pamela Harnois
David J. Rodgers
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Andrea Rubinstein
Watercolor and Sketchbook Artist