As a sculptor, Barton Rubenstein designs and fabricates all of his work. Working at Rubenstein Studios, in Chevy Chase, Maryland, he creates sculpture for public spaces, commercial and corporate venues, and private residences. Each commission presents a new and interesting challenge for Rubenstein, as the chosen site has specific constraints and expectations from the patron. Most commissions are unique creations, designed for a particular site. Some of Rubenstein's commissions result from National Competitions, in which an artist is awarded a project from a pool of hundreds of applicants. Private commissions allow Rubenstein the opportunity to focus on a patron's personal desires and facilitate the creation of a unique and attractive garden. Rubenstein’s professional experience with landscape architecture bodes well for him as a sculptor, as each installation necessitates the design of an appropriate environment, one that compliments the sculpture and is tied into the property as a whole. Rubenstein exhibits all over the country, in both solo and group exhibits and lectures frequently about his art.

Having been raised with the credo that one should make "the world a little better and more beautiful for the next generation," Rubenstein chose art as his life's work.

"As an artist, I am moved by the possibility of making someone else's life more meaningful, less stressful, or simply bringing out a smile. I imagine each of these positive changes beginning a chain reaction of other positive human interactions. The idea of this brings me great pleasure. In fact, it is from the enthusiastic comments of patrons or those who have visited my public art, that I derive the fuel and desire to create art. When I create art, I imagine it as a small, delicate and seemingly insignificant drop of water landing on the surface of a pond. Immediately, a ring of ripples are formed around it and slowly, and almost imperceptibly they move outwards, reaching out and touching even the most remote edges of the pond."