Rebecca Visger
Rebecca Visger is a painter and mixed-media artist from Manassas, Virginia. Since graduating in 2022 with a degree in studio art from University of Mary Washington, they have been participating in workshops and public art projects, taking commissions, and displaying work in group and solo exhibitions across Virginia. They specialize in acrylic and mixed media painting on surfaces as small as a bottlecap to an over 6 foot sheet of watercolor paper. They depict everything from still lifes to imagined physics-defying landscapes with a signature boldness and intensity. They’re always experimenting with new materials and looking for new subjects and styles to explore.
Visger’s pieces depict a reality dictated by emotion and perceptions; where the abstract processes of the mind have full influence over the physical world without restriction or permission. The purpose of their work is to convey intense emotions that are difficult, repressed, or even inappropriate to express in their full fervor, but nevertheless influence our actions and experience of the world around us. Visger favors a bold approach by utilizing vivid, unnatural color schemes, high contrast, and rough, three-dimensional textures to capture realities in a way that is a truer reflection of the full breadth of human perception. Each piece begins with photo reference and is grounded in realism, but the specifics of reality are carefully warped or even discarded to serve the emotional core of the piece.
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