Rebecca Myers Contemporary Landscapes and Multi-Media
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ARTIST STATEMENT Descartes once said, ‘I think therefore I am’. My viewpoint is
completely different:
I feel,
PERSONAL HISTORY I have been interested in art since I was very young. Creating things with my hands always kept my interest and was a source of excitement and imagination. Sculpting, drawing, painting and doing pottery became avenues for me to express my thoughts and feelings. My passion evolved with studies of Mesoamerican, Native American and African art. I became an archaeologist after graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in studio art and art history. I continued working in archaeology in the southwest while attending graduate school at ASU where I received my Master of Arts Degree in Native American Arts. I wanted to understand where the art of the Native Americans came from and how it developed. After becoming legally blind as a result of Valley Fever Meningitis, I realized my life and future had changed and I needed to do something to begin a new life journey.
During this second adventure in my life, I began to teach studio art, art history and humanities at a private art school and a community college in Colorado Springs. I taught for over 16 years and thoroughly loved interacting with my students, introducing them to arts and ideas they may have never experienced. Now I am retired from teaching at the college and I am working from my studios in Colorado Springs and La Veta. I paint with gouache, acrylic and watercolor, handcraft paper under the apple trees and create ceramic sculpture inspired from my imagination and life experiences. Through my art, I express the uniqueness of a facial expression, the beauty of the gnarled trees, the red sandstone rock and the majestic mountains of these two divergent ecosystems. This provides endless hours of inspiration for my art.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
719-964-0451 | Email beckymyers9268@gmail.com
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