About The Artist

Rebecca J. Begley is a contemporary artist making oil paintings and mixed media drawings. Her work is an exploration of of the human connection to the inner self through the experience of the natural world. Impressions and feelings in this encounter between nature and the unconscious self are represented in both, her figurative-filled landscapes, and her organically based abstract works. The play between figures' placement and invented colors in her landscapes adds a vibrant psychological layer bringing narrative and feeling into familiar surroundings.  Her abstract work is a spontaneous approach to a similar dance between the outer and inner world. These pieces are a meditative movement, and allow an intuitive response to memories informing shape, texture, and color-relationships.

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Rebecca studied painting and drawing (with some photography and book arts) at the Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland, OR where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 2011.  She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, three children, and two cats.