Encaustic Arts Magazine Spring 2012 | Page 30

Marybeth Rothman Portfolio 30 Summer Amarylis, 40”x40”, 2012. Portraits of Strangers Marybeth Rothman For many years after graduating form Rhode Island School of Design, I worked as an illustrator of figurative work for editorial and advertising in New York. I left Madison Avenue when I could no longer resist the pull to make art that was my own and not tethered to the vision of an art director. Over the years I continued to focus on the figure, and investi- www.EAINM.com