Paula Rubino
Paula Rubino was born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1968 into a family of snowbirds who eventually settled in Florida. Not long after graduating
from the University of Florida College of Law, she delved seriously into writing and painting, living in Mexico, Ireland, and eventually Florence,
Italy where she received her Atelier Certificate in Drawing and Painting at the Florence Academy of Art. She then studied etching with Richard Serrin,
followed by painting at Odd Nerdrum's summer studio in Norway. Today she lives in Finland and continues to migrate to Florida in winter.
Rubino has exhibited throughout the USA and Europe, including solo exhibitions at SCAPE in Los Angeles, Galerie Oljemark in Helsinki, and Grenning Gallery
on Long Island. Group exhibitions include Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York; WH Patterson Galleries, London; Solomon Gallery, Dublin; Panorama Museum,
Germany; and Haugar Vestfold Kuntsmuseum, Norway. 2007 marks her first solo exhibition at Ann Long Fine Art.
"Strangeness is the indispensable condiment of all beauty"
--Charles Baudelaire
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Rubino's paintings are marked by sparse composition, careful arrangement of people, objects, and space, denoting various aspects of the human condition.
However, the work's fundamental aim is to impart optimism and compassion in the spirit of Dostoevsky's words, "Beauty will save the world."
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Realists
