When she was 10 years old, Rebecca knew then she wanted to be an artist. After 3 years in college she left her Midwestern roots and moved to Los Angeles where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art. In addition to her painting, Rebecca also co-founded a successful visual effects company, working amongst other roles as a supervisor, art director, producer and artist. Since then Rebecca has made creating her art her sole focus. Her work combines acrylic paint with a variety of papers and maps. Her paintings fuse representational and abstract elements to better capture both the subject and the emotion of the moment. More recently she has been fusing figures and topographic maps using the lines of the maps to define and bring out the figures.
Art allows us to see the familiar through new eyes. It is a journey of transformation. Working with paint, textured paper or maps and focusing on the female figure, I try to find the balance between chaos and form. I work to capture a moment, a feeling by fusing abstract and representational elements. I want to create work that calls forth a feeling, a connection, a sense of something beyond the image itself giving voice to the subconscious.
Currently showing at:
Ten Women Gallery Santa Monica, CA
Illuminations Gallery Santa Barbara, CA