Exploration of Form

February 7, 2026 - March 21, 2026

David Lubotsky is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice moves between ink drawing, painting, and direct marble carving, guided by immediacy, intuition, and a deep commitment to authenticity. Beginning his artistic path through illustration and acrylic painting while attending fine art courses in the mid-1990s, he soon shifted focus to stone, teaching himself sculptural methods outside academic systems. What began with hand-drilled stone fountains evolved into a lifelong exploration of form through subtractive carving.

For over three decades, Lubotsky prefers a hands-on, solitary approach to creativity. He rejects computer-aided design and automated fabrication, choosing instead to shape each work himself—from first cut to final polish. Since relocating to Romblon in 2010, he has built an extensive body of one-of-a-kind marble sculptures using locally sourced and often rare stones, working from an open-air mountain studio overlooking the sea. His forms are biomorphic and non-representational, refined through observation of natural forces such as water flow and aerodynamics. Each sculpture becomes an object of contemplation—an honoring of material shaped over millions of years and transformed through human touch.

Alongside sculpture, Lubotsky maintains an evolving series of ink drawings begun during the global lockdown period. Using ballpoint pen on paper, he develops bold, continuous-line compositions that resemble woodblock prints yet remain entirely freehand. Governed by self-imposed visual rules, these works function as a personal design language—meditative, immediate, and emotionally direct. Selected drawings later inform larger paintings and limited-edition prints.

Across media, his process is rooted in risk and presence: first marks, first cuts, no predetermined outcome. Line and mass emerge from void through decisive action. Minimization of form becomes a path toward clarity and tranquility amid contemporary noise. Working in close relationship with nature, Lubotsky creates artworks that function as quiet sanctuaries—artifacts of time, labor, and faith in the creative act.