Gary Rubin

In isolation the past two years, my connection with the outside world has primarily been through the art I have created. I select subjects that inspire me - that evoke an emotion or tap into one of the many feelings I’ve had, fueled by the challenges of the COVID and racial injustice pandemics. The subjects all lived within the frame of my television. And, from these subjects, I created compositions with a sketchbook, set of pencils, and an eraser that all reside on a TV tray. 
I never know what the finished product will look like until I stop drawing. And when I stop, it’s because it feels complete and incomplete at the same time. It is not only with I draw but what I don’t draw, allowing the negative space to complement and oppose the graphite.