Title: Natchez
Retail Price:
$650.00
Gallery Price:
$280.00
Medium: ACRYLIC & MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER
Description: This “Burning” series started as abstract explorations of color, texture, and space. I paint with energy, using brayers and brushes, and stamping with a variety of tools. I paint from memory, imagination, and photographs, blending abstraction with recognizable imagery. Fire works its way into the paintings, just as it is increasingly working its way into our lives (especially those of us living in the Western US). As the climate warms, we experience more and more extreme weather. Both fire season and hurricane season are growing longer and more destructive.
About the Artist:
Rebecca Potts received her MFA in Visual Arts from Washington University in St. Louis in 2009 and her BA in Studio Art and Geography from Middlebury College in Vermont in 2004. Her work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and in Europe and Australia. In 2010, her essay on art and climate change, “Creating a Fourth Culture,” was published in 20UNDER40: Re-Inventing the Arts and Arts Education for the 21st Century. She is currently based in Los Angeles.