Coming soon! Solo shows in Montrose and Ossining
Sharing Beauty: Custom Art and Workshops
New classes coming soon in Ossining and Cortlandt!
Coming soon! Solo shows in Montrose and Ossining
New classes coming soon in Ossining and Cortlandt!
Sharon Rubinstein, and friends. Why the name? Not just because the studio workspace was initially located in a corner of the Jefferson Valley Mall. It's also because we have wanted to offer a place for you to enjoy art, learn about art, commission art, buy art, and make art.
Sharon has shown her work locally and beyond. Upcoming in December, she will have a solo show at the Hendrick Hudson Library in Montrose, with an opening on December 7 from 2-4. In January of 2026, her gun violence portrait project will be at the Ossining Public Library. Stay tuned for more information.
Recently, Sharon was thrilled that two of her portraits were juried into "Portraits in Bloom," a show put on by the wonderful Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists. Another of her pastel portraits was at the Connecticut Pastel Society's group show as well.
Being a member of arts organizations is a great way to grow. Sharon has just been juried into membership at the Mamaroneck Artists Guild, the tri-state's oldest arts alliance. She is also excited to be an associate member of the Pastel Society of America.
In addition to making her own art, Sharon greatly enjoys teaching at a variety of venues around the area and watching her students' work flower. She has taught at the Garrison Art Center, the Cedar Lane Art Center, the Morabito Center, and her own "Art in the Garage" space, and hopes to add one more location in 2026.
Sharing beauty. Sharing fun. Sharing knowledge. And caring about art and community.
The mall was our setting, and also our partner: Sharon began making oil paintings of mall regulars in the spring of 2018, and they were the subject of an opening in January of 2019. You can see a video of the event. The paintings were on display near the mall's food court for two years.
Sharon pursued fine arts studies in college and later with noted artists Robert Liberace and Daniel Greene, among others. She works primarily in oil paint, pastels, charcoal, and pencil. Custom portraits are her specialty, but she also creates other kinds of images.


I have been drawing and painting since I could hold a pencil. (Photography is a newer interest.) I specialize in portraiture, but enjoy a wide range of artistic subjects and media.
My first teacher was my mother, who was an accomplished artist and wonderful role model. I am still inspired by her works.
Although I eventually turned to other academic subjects that enabled a different day job, I pursued fine arts studies in college and beyond and was able to be at least a part-time artist.
I have been lucky to learn from eminent teachers, including Daniel Greene, Robert Liberace, Alain Picard, and Jen Gennari, and have completed numerous works and commissions. I have also taught at the Cedar Lane Art Center in Ossining, at the Garrison Art Center, and at the Morabito Center in Cortlandt, as well as in my Peekskill, NY studio.
In 2019, I finished a portrait series for the Jefferson Valley Mall, where I had my studio, “Your Corner Artist,” for about ten months. It’s exciting to have highlighted the shoppers, workers, and others who animate the mall’s corridors each day, and to have completed 14 paintings, each with a different perspective. Check out a recent article about my work!
I was honored to be an invited artist for "Let's Face It," a group show online, that ran from November through December, 2020. During COVID I was glad to be in three shows at the beginning of 2022 (one about love) and a traveling exhibition for the Arc of the Viral Universe. I started 2023 and early 2024 with several solo and group shows, and in 2025 more came along, with solo shows closing out the year and starting 2026.

At the Peekskill Arts Alliance Open Studios event, June 2nd and 3rd, 2018
Peekskill, New York, United States
By appointment. Please call:
914-314-6696