Rebecca Harper, Tears were meant to drown the wind, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 74cm
Rebecca Harper’s figurative images are rooted in drawing from observation whether it be from life, borrowed source material, or old photographs found in her family archive. Her subjects and their surroundings take on a dreamlike quality through Rebecca’s distinctive glowing palette and use of translucent layering. The resulting pictures are inhabited by characters that appear both languid and restless; seemingly stopped in time, like snapshots of memories.
This painting on canvas is one of four new unique works that are part of our June 2024 group exhibition and online collection ‘Almost Blue’. This new body of works are highly personal and related, in the artist’s words, to her ‘cultural, historical and anthropological identity as Jewish diaspora residing in Britain.’ The imagery continues her interest in mythical selkies and this key work features an ‘ethereal being who stands as both a familiar shadow of selfhood and as a protectress. Embodying the slippery surface of a selkie woman — she is a being who straddles the realms of human and seal, enveloping the boundaries between land and water, reality and myth.’
Rebecca studied at the Royal Drawing School, London, followed by the Turps Banana Art School, London. She has exhibited widely in the UK and Europe and was selected for the Bloomberg New Contemporaries exhibition at the South London Gallery in 2018. Anima Mundi Gallery in St. Ives, Cornwall, presented a a solo exhibition of her work, ‘The Waters of Dwelling’ in September 2021. Her paintings were also shown by Huxley Parlour Gallery, London, in 2019. Most recently, Rebecca was selected for the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize in 2021. Rebecca’s studio is in Deptford, south east London.
Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 74cm
Rebecca Harper’s figurative images are rooted in drawing from observation whether it be from life, borrowed source material, or old photographs found in her family archive. Her subjects and their surroundings take on a dreamlike quality through Rebecca’s distinctive glowing palette and use of translucent layering. The resulting pictures are inhabited by characters that appear both languid and restless; seemingly stopped in time, like snapshots of memories.
This painting on canvas is one of four new unique works that are part of our June 2024 group exhibition and online collection ‘Almost Blue’. This new body of works are highly personal and related, in the artist’s words, to her ‘cultural, historical and anthropological identity as Jewish diaspora residing in Britain.’ The imagery continues her interest in mythical selkies and this key work features an ‘ethereal being who stands as both a familiar shadow of selfhood and as a protectress. Embodying the slippery surface of a selkie woman — she is a being who straddles the realms of human and seal, enveloping the boundaries between land and water, reality and myth.’
Rebecca studied at the Royal Drawing School, London, followed by the Turps Banana Art School, London. She has exhibited widely in the UK and Europe and was selected for the Bloomberg New Contemporaries exhibition at the South London Gallery in 2018. Anima Mundi Gallery in St. Ives, Cornwall, presented a a solo exhibition of her work, ‘The Waters of Dwelling’ in September 2021. Her paintings were also shown by Huxley Parlour Gallery, London, in 2019. Most recently, Rebecca was selected for the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize in 2021. Rebecca’s studio is in Deptford, south east London.
Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 74cm
Rebecca Harper’s figurative images are rooted in drawing from observation whether it be from life, borrowed source material, or old photographs found in her family archive. Her subjects and their surroundings take on a dreamlike quality through Rebecca’s distinctive glowing palette and use of translucent layering. The resulting pictures are inhabited by characters that appear both languid and restless; seemingly stopped in time, like snapshots of memories.
This painting on canvas is one of four new unique works that are part of our June 2024 group exhibition and online collection ‘Almost Blue’. This new body of works are highly personal and related, in the artist’s words, to her ‘cultural, historical and anthropological identity as Jewish diaspora residing in Britain.’ The imagery continues her interest in mythical selkies and this key work features an ‘ethereal being who stands as both a familiar shadow of selfhood and as a protectress. Embodying the slippery surface of a selkie woman — she is a being who straddles the realms of human and seal, enveloping the boundaries between land and water, reality and myth.’
Rebecca studied at the Royal Drawing School, London, followed by the Turps Banana Art School, London. She has exhibited widely in the UK and Europe and was selected for the Bloomberg New Contemporaries exhibition at the South London Gallery in 2018. Anima Mundi Gallery in St. Ives, Cornwall, presented a a solo exhibition of her work, ‘The Waters of Dwelling’ in September 2021. Her paintings were also shown by Huxley Parlour Gallery, London, in 2019. Most recently, Rebecca was selected for the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize in 2021. Rebecca’s studio is in Deptford, south east London.
