Maia Rubin is an artist craftswoman with the rare ability to see form and beauty in unusual materials. In her senior years, she has produced some of the best work in her career.

The giant seed pods of the queen palm tree, common to southwest Florida, are central to a series of sculptures with rows of subtly colored, hand dyed clothespins wired in flowing patterns and displayed horizontally. Another

group, in neutral colors with gold accents, form contemplative standing sculptures.

In a different mood, coiled basketry techniques are used, with decidedly non-traditional results. these pieces constructed from brightly colored garden hoses and cable ties, are witty and modern.

Ms Rubin graduated from the Tyler school of fine arts with a B. F. A. and from Columbia teacher's college with an M. A. She also took classes at the Art Students League and with Hans Hoffman. After many years as a teacher and abstract painter, studying weaving and basketry sparked an interest in fiber sculpture. Past experience has culminated in work expressing a highly original visual imagination.

CURRENT GALLERY

Baobab Tree Gallery - Village of the Arts – Bradenton, FL.

 RECENT EXHIBITIONS

Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota

South Wing Gallery -  March ‘09  - major retrospective 37 sculptures

Art center Manatee - June ‘09 - altered functions

Art center Sarasota - Aug. ‘09 - green, the primary color

Exclamation Point

12x14"  Garden Hose & Cable Ties

PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS

Pindar Gallery, N.Y.C.                

Art Barn, Greenwich, Conn.

Soho 20, N.Y.C                          

Chappaqua Library Gallery

Westchester Art Society              

Garrison Art Center

Peekskill Co-op                           

Greenwich Art Society

Silvermine, Conn.