About
Emily Rushin has been involved with color almost all her life, first in the family paint and decorating business, now in fine art. She has always loved to travel. Her first trip to Europe came at thirteen, with her family. She took her own daughter at thirteen on much the same journey. Many of her paintings are based on photographs taken on those thirty years of traveling. Many others are painted on-the-spot in current travels and in her home town of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Her university degree is in Liberal Arts, major in philosophy, from Florida Atlantic University. Her art education is from eight workshops ranging from Colorado to Tuscany and membership in three local art societies. Emily regularly exhibits in local and regional shows and has won several recognitions.
Watercolors are her passion. No medium compares in her mind for the exquisite blending, the spontaneity, and the subtlety of watercolors. Whether landscapes, florals, portraits, or abstracts, she greets the challenges of watercolor in Zen-like manor. “Keep it simple, but keep it interesting,” is one of her mantras. As watercolor is applied “backward” to other mediums, keeping lights is the first and most important job for the watercolor artist. “Paint the light by not painting it.” Emily sees many similarities between Eastern philosophies and watercolors!
Emily Rushin has been involved with color almost all her life, first in the family paint and decorating business, now in fine art. She has always loved to travel. Her first trip to Europe came at thirteen, with her family. She took her own daughter at thirteen on much the same journey. Many of her paintings are based on photographs taken on those thirty years of traveling. Many others are painted on-the-spot in current travels and in her home town of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Her university degree is in Liberal Arts, major in philosophy, from Florida Atlantic University. Her art education is from eight workshops ranging from Colorado to Tuscany and membership in three local art societies. Emily regularly exhibits in local and regional shows and has won several recognitions.
Watercolors are her passion. No medium compares in her mind for the exquisite blending, the spontaneity, and the subtlety of watercolors. Whether landscapes, florals, portraits, or abstracts, she greets the challenges of watercolor in Zen-like manor. “Keep it simple, but keep it interesting,” is one of her mantras. As watercolor is applied “backward” to other mediums, keeping lights is the first and most important job for the watercolor artist. “Paint the light by not painting it.” Emily sees many similarities between Eastern philosophies and watercolors!