Viewers have asked me,”Why did you add detail pictures of your paintings to your website”?My paintings are all about the details.What seems to be areas of color,line and shapes are really color line and shapes created by brushstrokes using several different types of brushes all with different lengths of Bristle,natural or synthetic hair.I use several different methods to apply the paint including brushes,pouring and dripping paint,finger painting and several others.When viewing a painting,you first see the whole,then the areas of line,color and shapes.Then the details:The brushwork,The pours and drips of oil paint,thick and thin areas of paint,matte and glossy surfaces…And a few creative surprises..These are all details from some of my paintings.#artgallery #artdetails #oilpaint #oilpaints #abstractart #abstractpainting #paintapplication #oiloncanvas #abstractbliss #oildetail #artmaterials #brushwork #paintbrush #abstractexpressionism #abstractmag #rva #artdaily #artanddesign #contemporaryartist #smartistapp #rubell #laurierubell #svaalumni #rvaculture #paintingdetails https://www.instagram.com/p/CejjzUsOzgt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#Oldwork from years ago.... · · Even when trying my hand at abstract art I still end up using a form of reference.... · Can u see the angel? 👼 · Turn ur upside down, can u see the lotus? · · · · · · · · · #DerolusThePhIllustrator #artistsofinstagram #oilpainting #BlackArtists #instagramartist #instaart #svaalumni #illustratorsofinstagram #Fineart #originalart #nophotoshop #artwork #artlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CEFrbyhhb7k/?igshid=1tlccdlse2yr5

They say that Art mimics life, or is it the other way around? It’s my BIRTHDAY so I can make my own rules!!! @kukula inspired me, as well as @markryden and @nicolettaceccoli ❤️🎉🥳 More photos you come soon!! I’m celebrating down in New Orleans this weekend! Hope you all have a wonderful Labor Day! Awesome 📸 by @superherophoto as a birthday gift, it’s so great right!? 🤩 . . #cosplayer #artist #cosplayart #artcosplay #cosplayersofinstagram #markryden #kukula #nicolettaceccoli #sva #svanyc #svaalumni (at Muriel's Jackson Square) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEslDxjjri7/?igshid=q68brdm7p0lz

Here’s the full length drawing. I forgot to resize the other one. #art #digitalart #comics #independentcomics #ugee #sketch #drawing #cartoon #cartooning #illustration #svaalumni #digitalink #digitalcolor #comicbook #comicbookart #electricshogunstudios #portrait #buffy #digitaldrawing #electricshogun #btvs #joan #saintjoan #fanart https://www.instagram.com/p/B2R79zQgf_Q/?igshid=tm9shz6ro1yz

I rly don't understand why Instagram doesn't support gifs #art #character #characterdesign #ink #digitalart #magic #svaalumni #hjart #myart

“At first the elephant tried to shake off the awful thing. It seemed so obviously abhorrent to have an ugly lump like that on its hinder. It would no more tolerate the orange freak then Kipling’s Elephant Hathi would allow Disney’s King Louie to mount his back. But then the elephant realized it was slowly growing attached to the grotesquerie. There was something uncanny about it. In a way it showed the elephant his own true face, the dark side of its “moon”. The elephant washed the filthy interloper and when the orange clay had dispersed, a bright shiny pink face had taken its place. It belched gas and shit and prolapsed the elephant’s anus but miraculously, the pachyderm found its followers didn’t seem to mind, in fact, they marveled at the new face of the elephant! They urged the beast to show this new face as the REAL face of the pachyderm. They wanted him to “show his ass”. They liked his previously hidden, secret side and they reveled in the ugliness of the rump, its words and its appended wrinkly “teabags”. His followers merged the letter “T” from tea-bag with the word “rump” creating an elegant elephantine sound! It was the sound of a trumpeting elephant trunk and the sound that the ass-mouth made when it flapped open and closed! “Trump! Trump! Trump,” They cried! And so the happily ignoble pachyderm found itself led by its own ass, walking ever backward, further and further, until it was walking into the past itself! The past where the saggy, tea-baggy ele-trumph hoped the sparse orange hair it had combed across its naked back would help it to blend in with the woolly mammoths.” A collaboration with a student at C of I, she painted the blue Oprah and I painted the Trump Elephantine anus and words, 9’x 12’, sumi on Tyvek, 2018. #sumi #ink on #tyvek #artcurator #rosenthalgallery #trump #drumpf #popart #nycart#popsurrealism #nycart #laart #contemporaryart #comicart #nationalmythstory #fineart #figurativeart #juxtapozmag #hifructosemag #artinamerica #artcollectormagazine #artinamericamagazine #sva#artcollector #contemporaryart #svaart #svaalumni #svaalumnus #svaartpractice #mural #installationart #inkstagram

Was picking up the artwork at WAH Center a few days ago and got to have my last photo taken with this ink drawing I created a while ago “ True to yourself ” have been purchased and collected by Yuko Nii Foundation. Big thanks to your kind support and encouragement Yuko! “ True to yourself ” is one of the original ink drawings from my illustration series: “5 Regrets before dying” I made this piece in the years when I was living happily in an innocent way, but at this time, when I was getting to hold it closely again in the gallery, I feel I am resonating with it more than ever Giving hugs to myself and sending hugs to all of my dear friends #exhibition #groupshow #wahcenter#artshow# #selfportrait #gallery#illustration#svamfaillustrationasvisualessay#svaalumni #illustrators #nycartgallery#svanycalumni#lockdown#quarantine (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/COwS6e2B0Dy/?igshid=1p330vbmc00h0

No better day than #InternationalWomensDay to disclose how humbled and honored I am to be the chosen illustrator for @awidwomensrights annual 50 Tribute Portrait Series: Remembering and celebrating the life and work of 50 feminist activists and human rights defenders from around the world who are no longer with us. The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is a global, feminist, membership, movement-support organization who for 35+ years has been a part of an incredible ecosystem of #feministmovements working to achieve #genderjustice and women's human rights worldwide. Stay tuned for daily WIP posts and the full #AWIDTribute Series- in the form of 50 illustrated portrait gifs- to be launched May 2020! #solidarity #restinpower #RememberAndHonour #illustration #femaleillustrators #portrait #editorialillustration #louisabertman #digitalart #procreateanimation #procreateillustration #womenartists #womenwhodraw #digitalart #SVAAlumni #womenshistorymonth #lesleyillustration https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ffiTphbOa/?igshid=f0t881m8b2wn

So this is how painting is going to play out…
#kittens #painting #catlover #herecomestrouble #art #artofinstagram #svaalumni 
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8osgmUnRZO/?igshid=1olmkyuri3rqs

#Repost @sva_digitalphoto (@get_repost) ・・・ Congratulations Robert Herman (center with Associate Chair @tompashe on the left and department chair @katrin_eismann on the right), class of 2009 for having work in the exhibit “Street Smart” at the @sva_galleries located at 601 West 26th., 15th Floor. . . #svaalumni #streetphotography #svampsdp #mpsdp

Tonight I start the process of dismantling the structure. This is my card system which along with photos and the schematic will help me to reconstruct this at the gallery. #art #fineart #fiberart #sculpture #architecture #installationart #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture #studio #chelsea #gallery #svagalleries #svaalumni #exhibition #urbanart #brooklyn #nyc #elbowtoe #elbowtoestudio #redhook #instagood #instagram (at Gowanus, Brooklyn)

Oil on canvas,work in progress #liveart #creativeprocess #interiordesign #oilpainting #oilpainting #artistsoninstagram #artoftheday #fineart #artmuseum #artcurator #artbuyers #artmag #artmagazine #artstudio #artgalleries #artgallery #liveart #artdirector #rva #diptych #svaalumni #lagunaart #interiordesigntrends #rubell #laurierubell #oiloncanvas https://www.instagram.com/p/BvaA_l3DnA8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=110x1txbj2g47

I drew this 4yrs ago after watching the 13th.... · · · And Still the same ish... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · #drawdaily #artistsofinstagram #blackandwhite #justiceforgeorgefloyd #justiceforahmaud #justiceforbreonnataylor #instaart #BlackArt #blackartists #drawnbyhand #penandink #illustration #illustratorsofinstagram #svaalumni #drawing #instaart #instagramartist https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2kTGQAx4r/?igshid=lj0efgn1sahd

#tbt (are we still doing those?) this is the origin of “Mikebone”. The year was 1990-something and I was a student at @svanyc - I was enrolled in a 3D illustration class where we had to think up concepts and figure out how to execute them. . We were submitting designs for a student show that was happening at @whitneymuseum for an opening of works by #jeanmichelbasquiat . My “Mikebone” was selected to be display. It was a the project where I had to learn how to weld, drilled holes in various size dog biscuits and glued wire to hold it all together. It was an extremely fragile sculpture. He made it through the show and home, but he met his demise shorty thereafter. All that’s left is this photo, and the moniker “Mikebone” . The reason I still use it today? It was the project that taught me, when you have a great concept, you figure out how to execute it no matter what. Learn a new skill, hire a friend, lean in and do your best. . So, now ya know. . #mikebone #sculpture #svaalumni #1990s #art #artist #origins #dogbiscuits #nyc (at NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3vdaqgDTZs/?igshid=1ayuhhxi0uwn4

Happy belated birthday to Nick Cave- I also wanna give a shout out to Cafe Smitten and their outdoor seating for this dramatic lighting effect. #sketch #drawing #pencildrawing #art #portrait #nickcave #illustration #svaalumni #firstdayoffall #nickcaveandthebadseeds https://www.instagram.com/p/B2w91EEAweu/?igshid=ss8pzo9cq7ck

Day 2 I was nominated by @thequeenofwolves to do the #7dayblackandwhitephotochallenge ! So here's a snap shot of my Senior portfolio comic done in SVA! You can check it out on my website erinfverderosa.com under "comics" I now nominate @chans08 • • • • #grayscale #blackandwhitephoto #comic #comics #cartoon #cartooning #scifi #scifiart #scifidrawing #sciencefiction #scificomic #alien #monster #kaiju #fantasycomics #sva #svaalumni