Artist Information:
Rebecca Volkmann
Washington, DC
United States
Member Since: Aug 2000
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Artist Statement:
Rebecca Volkmann
Statement
If creation has a pattern,
mine would be cyclical.
Linear progression is
difficult for me to perceive
when I stop to take the time
to watch people pass, look at
plants and insects below me,
reread passages in books, cook
without a recipe, and leave a
piece unfinished to start a
new one with the anticipation
of a new insight into the one
before it. Ever since I
discovered the art of
"quietude" and heeded my
mother's advice to "Hold only
your own", my once quest for a
"typical" existence has never
come to pass. This could also
be said for my technique. I
tend to work on more than one
piece at a time sometimes
sitting with them for quite
some time before approaching
them again. Instead of
creating an identical
representation of my subject
matter, I want to portray its
vital energy. This is not a
classical approach, but an
abstract interpretation of
color, texture, and forms.
I hope to evoke a
contemplative mood in the
viewer which asks, "What space
and time have I entered into?"
The most powerful philosophy
that I have been taught was
from a professor at the School
of ...
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Rebecca Volkmann's Free Artist Portfolio
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If creation has a pattern, mine would be cyclical. Linear progression is difficult for me to perceive when I stop to take the time to watch people pass, look at plants and insects below me, reread passages in books, cook without a recipe, and leave a piece unfinished to start a new one with the anticipation of a new insight into the one before it. Ever since I discovered the art of "quietude" and heeded my mother's advice to "Hold only your own", my once quest for a "typical" existence has never come to pass. This ... |
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DETAIL, 2002
Oil Painting,
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DETAIL to show frame Onions and Garlic, 2002
Oil Painting,
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Onions and Garlic, 2002
Oil Painting,
3 x 4 feet
Price: US$ 1000
€: 638
UK £: 495
¥en: 99326
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Organic Transformation, 2000
Oil Painting,
4 x 3 feet
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Autumn, 2000
Mixed Media,
48 x 32 inches
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Pods, 2000
Acrylic Painting,
3 x 2 feet
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