Jane Rubin
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live: 10-9-26
Portrait of Derreck Alexander, Jane Rubin's husband from 1999 to 2011; painted and drawn from life; gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper; Copyright Jane Rubin circa 2002-3
Derreck Alexander
Drawn from life
Circa 2002-3
Painting of a professioal baseball player that Jane Rubin made in her studio, based on drawings she had made of that athlete during a game, at a baseball stadium. The painting is purely from life and imagination. No photographs were used. Oil on linen. 37 x 34. Copyright Jane Rubin 2010.
Baseball Player
Painted from drawing
I Made at game
Oil on linen
37" x 34"
2010
Life painting of Derreck Alexander in bed; Derreck was Jane Rubin's husband from 1999 to 2011; Watercolor, gouache, pencil on paper; Copyright Jane Rubin circa 2003.
Derreck Alexander
In bed from life
Watercolor
pencil on paper
14" x 11"
Circa 2002-3
Portrait painting of Billy from life; oil on canvas; Copyright Jane Rubin circa 1992. Billy approached Jane in front of her apartment at 67 East 3rd Street, in the East Village. He said he was the Executive Assistant to Gerald Levin, the former CEO of Time Warner, Inc.
Billy
Painted from life
Oil on canavs
Approx. 14" x 11"
Circa 1992
Portrait from life — drawn by Jane Rubin when she was 15 — of a male peer at Carnegie-Mellon Pre-College Summer Art Program; Graphite on paper; Copyright Jane Rubin 1978
Male Peer
Drawn from life
At age 15 with
No previous training
Graphite on paper
18" x 14"
1978
Portrait drawing from life of Daniel Traub; pencil on paper; Copyright Jane Rubin 1995-96. Daniel Traub is the biracial, Jewish-Taiwanese son of photographer Charles Traub, head of SVA's Graduate Photography Department, where Daniel completed his MFA in photography. He was a friend of Jane's in the 90s, whom Jane drew, and Jane, a Creative Director, also hired Daniel as a photographer on both an ad campaign and for her own fine art.
Daniel Traub
Drawn from life
Circa 1995-96