SUSAN ELMBLAD RUBIN
Contemporary Botanical Art

 

I like plants . . . all of them. They clean the air, feed our families, bring us joy, and soften the edges of a hard world.
I am drawn to the recurring patterns and wild anomalies that occur within the botanical realm.

I specialize in drawing in graphite and colored pencil. I am interested in botanical art and illustration as a dynamic

and evolving art genre. As a teacher of botanical art and illustration in the Denver Botanic Gardens Certificate Program,

I try to convey an appreciation for both the scientific and artistic aspects of the discipline. As an exhibiting artist,

I push the boundaries of traditional botanical art with less conventional media, scale, and composition. I always try to

look beyond the obvious and to present a fresh view of the flora that surround and sustain us.               

                                                                                                                                    

                                                                               


EXHIBITS & PUBLICATIONS

May 20- June 13, 2010

Surface Tension, solo exhibit

Opening reception May 21, 6-9 pm

SPARK Gallery

Denver, CO

See SURFACE TENSION

April 10 - May 16, 2010

From Penstemon to Pine: 

Illustrating  Native Plants in the Rocky Mountain Region

Opening reception April 18, 1-3 pm

Denver Botanic Gardens

Denver, CO

July 7 - 18, 2010

Rock Garden Plants

North American Rock Garden Society

Denver Botanic Gardens

Denver, CO

November 2, 2010 - January 31, 2011

BOTANICA

Loveland Museum/Gallery

Loveland, CO

 

 


Traveling Exhibit

March 7, 2009 - Sept 30, 2010

RARE, Imperiled Plants of Colorado

Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO

Steamboat Art Museum,

      Steamboat Springs, CO

Center for Southwest Studies Museum at

Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO

CURRENTLY SHOWING at

Manitou Business of Arts Center,

      Manitou Springs, CO

 

 

 

 


Recent Publications

From Penstemons to Pines

Exhibit catalog and how-to book on illustration

Denver Botanic Gardens

(find my writing and illustrations throughout the book)

Botanical Portraits in Colored Pencil

by Ann Swan, 2010

www.amazon.com

(find me in the Gallery)

Flourish, A Visionary Garden in the American West 

by Panayoti Kelaidis, 2009

www.amazon.com

Durable Plants for the Garden

by Plant Select, 2008

www.amazon.com

(Find me on pages 50, 161, 166)

Today's Botanical Artists

by Cora Marcus & Libby Kyer, 2007

www.amazon.com

(Find my profile on pages 100-101)




2010 © Susan Elmblad Rubin / Site urbanmountainweb.com