Pablo Rubén is an artist from Griñón, a small town to the south of Madrid, and close to the historic city of Toledo.
He has painted all his life since he was a child, he began to paint with oils and then with acrylics, but when he discovered watercolor and felt that this media was the perfect to him, this is the medium that lets him finish the painting in less time and obtain a more spontaneous result; also watercolor allows him to keep the essenceof drawing.
He has studied watercolor with Joseph Zbukvic, who he considers the best teacher he has ever had.
Thinking in the masters of the past, he admires Turner, Sargent, Sorolla, Fortuny and Boudin. Nowadays, there are dozens of wonderful artists for him from all over
the world who are making excellent works, such as Joseph Zbukvic, Lars Lerin, Jeremy Mann,...the list should be very long.
About color, he thinks there are many things more important in painting than color. One of the most important things he considers before start a work is composition and tonal values, the color is secondary.
Most of the paintings he does are for “Plein Air Contest” that are very usual in Spain on weekends. He prefers industrial landscapes, railway stations and lately he is attracted by water scenes.
His works are in many private collections of France, Portugal, Colombia, Turkey, Germany, Holland, Belgium, South Africa, Thailand, Perú, USA, Slovenia, Italy, Great Britain, Canada, Russia, Pakistan, Ghana and Brasil.
Pablo Rubén has been featured in “The Art of Watercolor” Magazine (2011 and 2017), in “Watercolor Artist” (2015) and many other spanish publications.
In the last twenty years he has won more than 300 art awards and prizes, most of them in plein air contests. Including a High Wind Medal of the American Watercolor Society of New York.
As President of the International Watercolor Society of Spain, he joins every year in many International Festivals, exhibiting and making public demonstrations all around the world.
He teaches all art techniques at his studio in Griñón, at the ABC Museum of Madrid and also gives watercolor workshops internationally. France, Turkey, Brasil, Mexico, Canada, USA, Russia, Italy are some of the countries where he has given workshops. This month he will be in Moscow and in April in Florence.
