Steven Rushefsky
"ART AS A LOVE LANGUAGE”
I use my art to show what is most important to me. Among the things most important to me are LOVE and:
FAMILY
“Father & Child” depicts a family walking and the father is making sure that the baby knows they are cherished.
DEVOTION
For a period of about 10 years, my husband had work and family obligations in New York City each week. “Alex Leaves for NYC” is based upon a Knight and Squire depicted by Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna and captures how I would help Alex pack and prepare for his weekly trip.
I live in the Hudson Valley. I studied art at Binghamton University. My focus is drawing on paper. Periods of working in printmaking and clay have enhanced the textures I can create and also have given me a sense of how to build up a drawing in several working layers.
I participate in several group exhibitions each year nationwide - recent exhibits include North Carolina, Michigan, Rhode Island, Maryland and New York. I have had three solo exhibitions in New Jersey.