PEREZ CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY

Go to content

Main menu:

REBECCA VENN

Contact the artist: rebecca.venn@gmail.com

Website: www.rebeccavenn.com

WAITING
Graphite 22 x 30"
Price upon request

GO
Graphite 30 x 22"
Price upon request

Bio:
Rebecca Venn was born in Owensboro, Kentucky. She graduated with a BA from Brescia College, Owensboro, Kentucky in 1969, and concluded early in her studies that the human figure was her primary interest. As her undergraduate education offered little in this area, she undertook a long period of self-directed study in figurative drawing and painting. Ms. Venn has taught life studio at the University of Wisconsin Parkside and various life drawing workshops. She is a member of Wisconsin Visual Artists, MARN, AHA! and is represented at Artists’ Gallery, Racine, Wisconsin, Seebeck Gallery, Kenosha, Wisconsin, and The Norman Lasiter Gallery in Palm Springs California; her work is included in a number of private collections. Her drawings and paintings have won awards in several exhibitions including Watercolor Wisconsin, Anderson Arts Center Juried Exhibitions, Lemon Street Gallery Annual Juried Exhibitions and recently was awarded First Place in the National Juried Competition in Woodstock, Illinois. Her studio is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Artist statement:
Why the human figure ?
It’s about light, beauty, vulnerability and the resilience of being human.
Each model brings a personal story that is reflected in their posture, skin, muscles, and deep in their skeletons. No two are alike and therefore the encounter for me, as artist, and also for viewers is unique.
The models I choose to work with are there because she or he has made a connection in some invisible conversation.
Difficult to capture, the experience is timeless and endless and beautiful.

For more extensive artist's bio, articles and list of exhibitions, visit her website or blog.