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ABOUT THE ARTIST
One of Rebecca's greatest loves is to observe the natural world and bring bring it to life. As a native Santa Barbaraian, she grew up surrounded by both the vistas and intricacies of nature. Rebecca's love of Natural Science led her to a career first in traditional Scientific Illustration, and later as technologies evolved, to high end 3D computer art and animation and a successful career as a professional illustrator.
Her art is often a study in contrasts. Rebecca has a great love for the open expanses of the western sky and these are often subjects of her traditional work -- to the other extreme of the minutia of insect patterns or the accurate depiction of native wildflowers. Both extremes have in common a love of light and texture, drawing the viewer into the piece.
Rebecca is very much drawn to the early California Impressionists, with their love of light, rich colors that combine for a heightened realism. This site features the artist's traditional Southwest and California landscapes with their expansive vistas, many of which include the changeable nature of light. She strives to capture the brisk feeling of an incoming storm, the smell of far-away places in the wind, the rain in distant sage. She loves the quality and changing light that clouds bring, they add richness and depth to the horizon.
Representation
Allegory - A Fine Arts Gallery
Awards and Exhibitions
2006 Allegory Gallery: "18 Equals 60 - 18 of Ventura's finest professional artists, spanning fifty years, are represented in our Grand Opening Show."
2006 Fourth Place, Oil and Acrylic, Westlake Village Art Guild
2005 First Place Computer Art, Professional Division, Ventura County Fair
2004 First Place Computer Art, Professional Division, Ventura County Fair
2003 Third Place Computer Art, Professional Division, Ventura County Fair
2002 Juried Exhibition at Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo
2002 Two Person exhibition at Citi National Bank, Camarillo
Various Juried Exhibits with regional Art Groups and Associations
Associations
California Art Club, established 1909
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
Buenaventura Art Association
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