Bio

Florida-based artist Becky Coleman loves telling visual stories. She graduated with a BA in 2008 and obtained her MA in special education in 2016. After teaching public school for eight years, Becky moved from Chicago to Sarasota, FL, to pursue art full-time. She draws inspiration from her relationships and uses landscape as a powerful story-telling tool. Creating artwork for her is about the experience and the journey. Her pieces seek to engage viewers in reflection and ultimately find empathy and connection.

Statement

My work explores the beautiful and melancholy nature of favorite memories we repeatedly revisit. I still see myself taking photographs of friends as they laugh. I recall the kiss of cold, salty air on my birthday this year as it caressed my cheek. Once memories are accessed, researchers found they will never be the same. They are continually remade every time they are accessed.

Working from multiple photographs combined digitally, I then create scenes in traditional oil media. This process forces me to review the details of the memories I'm painting, forever changing them.