Ruby Beenhouwer

Ruby Beenhouwer is a painter who lives and works in Queens, New York. She received her BA from Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT in 2020.

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Ruby Beenhouwer

Ruby Beenhouwer is a painter who lives and works in Queens, New York. She received her BA from Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT in 2020.

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     I’m interested in creating pictures that are hard to know— that one can name, but not place—moments that are specific and memorable but also elusive and slippery. I draw from everyday objects, characters, and places, to create imagery that is up for interpretation, stories that do not give away the plot.

    My paintings are small. In this way, I hope the viewer has a more intimate experience, looking closer, and hopefully, lingering on the open-ended.

    I think about the ambiguity in my work as a way to work through my feelings of uncertainty. As a way to observe what is unsteady, and unclear about life— to recognize the world as tenuous and full of doubt, as both familiar and strange.