rebecca klementovich

Artist Statement

Rebecca uses nostalgia from natural subjects such as, flowers, mountains, colonial buildings and seascapes – but with a sharp, contemporary edge. Houses that are floating away due to climate change are a new direction she is taking. How to create paintings that exhibit humanity along with high keyed colors and neutrals is a reality she plans on working towards. These two contrasting ideas bring out the energy and complexities of our natural modern world. Rebecca’s work moves in between abstract and semi landscapes because of this, there is a fantastic tension. She is a true champion of using unusual color combos in her work. Her figure paintings and drawings allude to complex relationships and dynamics, sometimes haunting, sometimes intimate always in 17 or 18 century style.

Graduating from the Fashion Institute of Technology NYC, she specialized in fashion illustration. Rebecca was a fashion art director for 22 years in the city. Her art career gave her a love of color and a strong design component in her paintings.

Rebecca lived in northern New Hampshire near the Mount Washington area for many years. Now she lives near Portsmouth, NH. The mountains gave her the sentimentality and the lyrical style in her landscapes, along with Fauvism. Foliage and Fauvism has been a huge influence on her work. All of these elements have produced large, modern, and unique fine art paintings. The natural subjects, human connection, and vibrant colors, she finds in her paintings take her to an enduring place of beauty, she hopes to share with the viewer.

YOU CAN FIND ME IN THESE GALLERIES OR LOCATIIONS

Harvest Gold Lovell Maine

Art Center, my studio location, Dover NH

Private Studio space in Somersworth NH, Text for appointment

Jackson Studio, Art And Gallery, Jackson NH

Threadneedle Gallery, Newburyport, MA

Blue Door Gallery, York Maine

Bayview Artisan Gallery, Meredith NH