I was introduced to the elegance and visual complexity of fish scales several years ago by a friend who is an avid angler. I have been captivated ever since- the colors and textures that occur naturally are in their own right an aesthetic experience. Filtering these creatures through a magnified lens brings awareness to a sublime beauty found only in nature. A search for the understanding of such beauty becomes the content of my work. I use both acrylic and oil paint mediums. I alternate between using brushwork and the palette knife to apply, scrape, dig, and explore my way to capturing an image as evocative as the splendor of nature itself.
While my work is representational at times, I also tend to paint in the mode of abstraction to create an image which contains the essence of its source while being open to personal interpretations from the viewer. Even for someone who is not familiar with fish specifically, perhaps the color, mark, or surface of the painting alludes to a feeling of something already known. When viewing these nature-based works, whether through the details or the whole, our instinctual relationship with the natural world is in the least subconsciously established.

Becca has a BFA in Art Education and a BS in Apparel & Textile Design from Michigan State University; She currently lives in East Lansing, MI