Rebecca uses nostalgia from natural subjects such as, flowers, mountains, colonial buildings and seascapes – but with a sharp, contemporary edge. Houses that are floating away due to climate change are a new direction she is taking. How to create paintings that exhibit humanity along with high keyed colors and neutrals is a reality she plans on working towards. These two contrasting ideas bring out the energy and complexities of our natural modern world. Rebecca’s work moves in between abstract and semi landscapes because of this, there is a fantastic tension. She is a true champion of using unusual color combos in her work. Her figure paintings and drawings allude to complex relationships and dynamics, sometimes haunting, sometimes intimate always in 17 or 18 century style.
Graduating from the Fashion Institute of Technology NYC, she specialized in fashion illustration. Rebecca was a fashion art director for 22 years in the city. Her art career gave her a love of color and a strong design component in her paintings.
Rebecca lived in northern New Hampshire near the Mount Washington area for many years. Now she lives near Portsmouth, NH. The mountains gave her the sentimentality and the lyrical style in her landscapes, along with Fauvism. Foliage and Fauvism has been a huge influence on her work. All of these elements have produced large, modern, and unique fine art paintings. The natural subjects, human connection, and vibrant colors, she finds in her paintings take her to an enduring place of beauty, she hopes to share with the viewer.
YOU CAN FIND ME IN THESE GALLERIES OR LOCATIIONS
Harvest Gold Lovell Maine
Art Center, my studio location, Dover NH
Private Studio space in Somersworth NH, Text for appointment
Jackson Studio, Art And Gallery, Jackson NH
One Dock Gallery, Rockport MA’
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New England Foliage is spectacular color. Peak foliage painting on a mountain top is beautiful. Many of my mountain paintings are of Mount Washington.
Love Letters for the Mountains
Emotive, Atmospheric, Vibrant, Lyrical, Poetic- The MIDPOINT
These works are of hiking in the foliage in Northern New England. What fascinates me is the Midpoint of a trek up the mountains. This midpoint is where you see the mountains open up. You see below and above. The bright colors I use are like comrades as they decorate our New England with their opulence. Here are the land of Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, and Emily Dickinson, poets who loved the mountains best. Their poems have directed my titles.
These paintings are painted from the Mount Washington or Cadillac Mountain trails. When the sunshine hits the colored leaves, they produce high keyed color tones, you would not usually see in nature. The brilliant orange, fuchsia, lime and yellow are seen as highlights of the sun hitting the foliage. I shoot to create the nostalgia people have for the mountains,-these are the love letters. These large colorful paintings are done in acrylic. Fauvism and POP art have influenced my style. Abstract painting and Semi abstract paintings are a pinnacle expression of the love of nature.
Birch Trees are one of my specialties. They are fanatically expressive!
Tina Rawson-”She's a wonderful artist! Vibrant and expressive art that completes a room.”
Micah Douchette-“Rebecca is a talented artist making work inspired by the New England area !! Grateful to have the opportunity to support her and her magical creations.”
Collen Simpson-“I am so fortunate to have known Rebecca since she was a young girl and have watched her grow into a extremely talented woman, her art brings joy and her passion shows in every piece. i am fortunate to have two of her paintings in my home. Her way with colors in her work makes me happy!
Thank you Becky for sharing your gift with all of us!”
Mary Cocker-”Rebecca and I have been friends for 20 years, As fellow painters it has been a joy to know her. She has inspired me and supported me through my thin times in the creative process. Her attunement and impressions of the painting process and the love of painting has been constant in how prolific she has been with her work. I love the paintings I have of hers and watching the growth and evolution of her works over all these years.”
Rebecca uses a Provisional way of painting landscapes. Provisional painting emphasizes the process of painting over the final product. This modern way of painting is often characterized by their use of loose brushwork, unfinished forms, and an usual palette of colors. The experimental process of painting involves mark making, applying glazes, and the use of impasto.
Why Rebecca uses Provisional painting is to show a sense of openness and ambiguity that invites the viewer to participate in the creation of meaning. It can also be seen as a reflection of the artist's relationship to the natural world. Rebecca says, "The landscape here is too wild to use traditional form of painting. I want to show the inconsistent weather and unusual color, for me this can be done through a raw Provisional way of painting. When you are painting a mountain such as Mount Washington, which clocks wind at 231 mph, you need some muscle in the way of painting.”
Modern Tall Ships
These tall ship paintings are dedicated to the women of Portsmouth between the 17th and 18th century. There is not much known about them, just bits from written information as marriage licenses and baptismal records. We do know that this woman Gerrish was sailing with her husband. Sometimes the captain would take his family with him during the voyages.
What to me was the most fantastical story that I had read was that women with their children sometimes they were on the ship with strap themselves to the mass below when there was a huge storm so that they wouldn’t get swept off to the ocean. This really keeps my life in perspective when I think of some of the stores that seafaring women went through.
Colonial Settlements
This painting of Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth is illuminating. With the use of the Provisional painting style the process of painting over many layers makes an energetic painting. This modern way of painting is often characterized by their use of loose brushwork, unfinished forms, and an usual palette of colors. The experimental process of painting involves mark making, applying glazes, and the use of impasto.
Rebecca uses Provisional painting is to show a sense of openness and ambiguity that invites the viewer to participate in the creation of meaning. It can also be seen as a reflection of the artist's relationship to the natural world. Rebecca says, "The Colonial way of life was raw and wild, I want to show that in this series. The unpredictable life in early America to me is shown with Provisional style painting. Our forefathers were fighting for survival, and untamed pencil sketching and bold color chunks help express that.
One day, a client came to the great artist Henri Matisse, with the desire to buy one of the master’s works.
He tells Matisse that he wants to buy something, and Matisse pulls out a sheet of paper, and with a few deft strokes, creates one of his highly distinctive, masterful drawings. “Ah, beautiful!” says the customer. “How much?” Matisse names a price so high that the customer is shocked. “So much, for just a minute of drawing?” he protests. “A minute of drawing, a lifetime of practice,” answers Matisse.
I love this story—even though it probably is apocryphal—because it’s a good reminder that we can’t always measure value by time, labor, or visible effort.
Acadia National Park
The park has stunning natural features, from towering mountains like Cadillac Mountain to pristine beaches like Sand Beach. The rugged coastline, lush forests, and crystal-clear lakes create a truly magical atmosphere. Here, the sun sparkles on the cold water, surrounded by trees.
Acadia is a hiker's paradise, the hundreds of miles of trails winding through diverse ecosystems. Painting on the trails, I find so many unusual landscape compositions and colors. It is such a wild part of Maine. At times I get a sense that I am not in reality. This non reality feel pushes all my senses towards new ways of painting.
It certainly feels like the end of the world!
Fashion illustration portraits in pastel with a modern twist is a stunning combination. Pastels lend a softness and dreaminess to the artwork, while a modern composition can add an edge.. The delicate touch of pastels with graphic lines and pops of bold color for a striking contrast.
I was a fashion Illustrator in a fashion company in NYC for many years. Illustration has made a come back! These are part of a fun series that have a modern element to the hair or hats. What a great collection to have.
