Consider my dear...: April 2014

I have officially graduated art school. I have a BFA in painting. Four years, 40 something thousand dollars of debt in student loans, a lot of stress, and I am done. I am the only one in my immediate family that has a Bachelors, so I feel somewhat proud of that. Not that my degree will probably get me any further. This is the collection of my final work. I will also share my artist statement. I do love my school and painting. I wish go to American Academy of Art, paint every day, and get paid. That would be perfect. It went by too fast and I wish I could learn so much more. Here is my official artist website, but I will continue to blog here. Thanks for all the support I have gotten on this blog and through other social media. I couldn't go on without such positive feedback.

xoxo,

Rebecca

I am inspired by the aesthetics and colors of women's style from the early twentieth- century. I try to examine past and present ideas of femininity through shifting design and style. My work offers a juxtaposition between the authentic style of the past and the current evolving nostalgic reinterpretations that create a new prevailing culture. I connect my own female relatives to myself through fashion and as well as through genetic similarities. These women raised me and made me who I am today and I am inspired by their poise, character, and conduct. My paintings form a link between contemporary women who create a vintage appearance and to those who lived in the time of the past.

I use watercolor to paint a soft multicolored rainbow of skin tones, exaggerating the colors that disappear into the skin. The bright blues, greens, purples, and oranges, are painted to bring out the details that distinguish the fashion of an era, as well as the individual beauty of each woman. My paintings examine taste, fashion, and style though the subtleties of the jewelry, fabric, and make-up.