About Amy Sabrin

Member, Potomac Valley Watercolorists; Touchstone Gallery, CityLine Studios

In my art, I am drawn to joyous colors, bold compositions, and glowing light. I work in watercolor and acrylics, and paint both representational and abstract works.  I am drawn to the quiet beauty of quotidian objects and the bolder beauty of nature, but my true subjects are light, color, pattern and shape.

My enthusiasm for art dates to my childhood, when my father would take me to the great museums in Manhattan.  I studied drawing and painting in high school and college, where I majored in art history. I moved to Washington, D.C., in 1974 and pursued a career first in journalism and then in law, rising to become a partner at the firm of Skadden, Arps, where I practiced white collar criminal defense law.  All the while, I painted when I could, and studied with several fine teachers, including Susan Abbott and Deborah Ellis at the Art League in Alexandria, Virginia, and Walt Bartman and Glen Kessler of the Yellow Barn Studio at Glen Echo National Park in Maryland.  In 2011, I retired to travel and devote more time to developing my skills as a visual artist.   I take my paints with me when I travel, and have painted in France, Italy, Mexico, the Bahamas, and the American Southwest.

In 2015 I was selected for membership in the Potomac Valley Watercolorists, and in 2016 I became a juried member of the Touchstone Gallery in Washington D.C. (http://www.touchstonegallery.com).  I maintain a studio at City Line Studios in Chevy Chase, Maryland. My work has been shown at the Stone Tower Gallery at Glen Echo National Park, The Art League Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia, and Friendship Heights Gallery in Maryland, among other venues.

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