Every Third Thursday, Jasper Galleries kicks off a new show at Koger Center's The Nook. This month, we're featuring Rebecca Horne.
Artist Bio
Rebecca is a contemporary abstract mixed media artist based in West Columbia, S.C. Rebecca began painting as a child whose father was an artist. She had explored many mediums throughout her life such as, watercolors, landscapes, flower and pet portraits in oil. In 2018, Rebecca discovered abstract art and has passionately embraced it as the style of art that evokes and liberates her creative spirit. Rebecca feels this type of art allows her to have full creative freedom when she works. Rebecca constantly searches for ideas to make her art unique and beautiful. She loves to experiment and push herself in hopes of taking her art to the next level. She prefers to create art that exercises the viewers imagination. Her work speaks to those who like to interpret art. She enjoys hearing what people see in her art and how a piece can bring out positive emotions in them. She wants people to view her work and feel peace, happiness or energy.
Artist Statement
Creating is my nature. Creating unique, unpredictable art that intrigues the viewer is my passion. My obsession. I have a strong desire to create art that makes people think. Makes people feel an emotional response and form a connection to my art and to be intrigued. I love to hear what people see and how the art captures they’re imagination. I’m not too concerned whether someone actually likes it or not but if it’s doing the other things, then I feel like it’s doing it’s job and I have succeeded as an artist. Being the daughter of an artist, art has been a part of my entire life. I’ve dabbled in many different mediums throughout and in 2018, my artistic soul was finally ready to come alive. I suppose I had an awakening. Since then I’ve been painting like a crazed obsessed woman! Creating is something I must do. I’m driven to see where I can go with what I’m doing. I wake up every morning and go to sleep every night with new ideas. I’ve fallen in love with challenging myself to use unpredictable objects as texture. Objects from around the house, yard, hardware store or even laboratory supplies! When using several different texture mediums and objects, it can be a challenge to construct something beautiful from a controlled chaos of rough textures. It’s really fascinating to create art using this technique. It’s much like building a structure one layer at a time. First the foundation and once that dries, I’ll add to it. One layer at a time. I want my art to have a rough texture but also have a graceful and beautiful appearance. I want all of the layers of texture and color to show and to have a purpose. The possibilities and challenges seem endless with mixed media. I really enjoy challenging myself and experimenting with my art. It’s exciting to see how it will evolve in the future. This is much like a game that I’m addicted to playing. With each piece, I’m trying to level up or improve my technique. This is my inspiration. This is my calling.
