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Kim Rubens

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Favorite Medium: paintings
Statement: I began painting and drawing when I was 11 years old. Landscapes and still lifes interested me at that time. In high school I became fascinated with clay and started doing sculpture and pottery. The winning of an art award encouraged me to continue to make art. I spent four years at Hartford Art School in Connecticut, just outside of where I grew up, and tried my hand at photography, filmmaking, video and of course painting and drawing. I worked on large scale paintings while in art school because I had the space. Now that I live in San Francisco, the studio spaces are smaller and therefore I work on a smaller scale.Imagery has changed over the years. The content of my paintings were once bold and painterly with heavy impasto. I was influenced by the abstract expressionists and the German expressionsits and the Fauvists. More recently my work has become more ""controlled"", less impasto, less dramatic; but still whimsical.I have created art books and art on unusual surfaces such as mylar and foamcore. I use a variety of materials depending on the effect I want to create; for example, spray paint,glitter,velvet. Just recently I did a series of ""sculptures"" using Barbie and Ken dolls in compromising situations. I am not fixed in one medium, but paint is the predominant medium. Oil on canvas is a traditional use for an artitst, and i do prefer oil and canvas above all mediums
Bibliography: 2000 Direct Art Magazine,Spring-Summer, article

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San Francisco, California
United States
theartistkim@Yahoo.com
Phone: (415) 265-2494
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Fax: (415) 673-2259

Education

Degree: BA Fine Arts
Institution: Hartford Art School/SF Art Institute
Grad Year: 1982/19 82-19 83

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Kim Rubens

California art

paintings 36 x 36

Kim Rubens

California art

paintings 216x288

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