Artist Rebecca Faulding

Rebecca Faulding BA (Hons)

Born in 1979, Rebecca Faulding was raised in the rural county of Lincolnshire, England leaving her home village to study at Edinburgh College of Art in 1998. Since graduating in 2001 from a BA in drawing and painting with sell-out degree show, she has enjoyed success in exhibiting extensively across the UK but mainly in Scotland. After studying she remained in the historic city of Edinburgh where she worked as a freelance artist in the Leith area of the city in Coburg House studios for several years. She then went on to study at postgraduate level at Edinburgh University to be an art teacher. Rebecca is now settled in Yorkshire where she lives with her husband and two young sons. Rebecca’s style remains, loose, delicate and fresh with demand for her work taking her all over the country.

Education

1998-2001 Edinburgh College of Art- BA (Hons) Drawing and Painting

1997-1998 Riley Centre, Hull College, East Yorkshire- BTEC Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art and Design

Awards

Edinburgh College of Art, Andrew Grant Canvas and Stretcher Award 2001

Courses

Edinburgh Atelier of Fine Art July 2010

Professional Experience

"My subject matter is the female form; the ethereal beauty of flesh and the fluidity of draped fabric combine to really captivate me and has fueled my desire to paint. Composition is a puzzle I enjoy exploring through my paintings.

The balance of tone and colour as well as the way that lights plays against the body combine to create something quite beautiful and captivating to me. There is a definite dense of ambiguity which I deliberately create by choosing to focus on the body rather than the face. I leave my backgrounds empty, allowing the negative space to focus the viewer on the subject.

I have always worked in my unique style on sized linen or flax canvas which I prepare in a way to expose the natural beauty of the material. I build up the paint in fine layers as I like to really emphasise the sense of light in my paintings. My work is generally light in tone and low in contrast as I hope to create a sense of luminosity throughout the piece.

I have studied the work of artists such as Euan Uglow whose balance in composition and use of colours is an aesthetic I aim to mirror. Alison Watt and her use of drapery, the simplicity of the composition, the sense of weight and calm within white drapery is inspiring. I enjoy the fluidity in Alfonse Mucha’s designs with a sense of weightlessness to the figures which I find very beautiful.

Art Deco has been a recent influence I have been exploring repeat pattern in my work with a reference to Gustav Klimt. As well as more contemporary artists, always look back to classical and renaissance art and have recently studied at the Edinburgh Atelier of Fine Art, studying classical drawing and limited palette figure painting. 

I am constantly developing my skills and hope that my style continues to evolve and develop as a result.”

 

Exhibitions within galleries, organisations and businesses·

Scotlandart.co, Burns Night exhibition, Scotlandart.com, various exhibitions 2005-2011,The Leith Gallery Christmas exhibition· December 2003, Scotlandart.com: Christmas exhibition· December 2003, Art Exposure Gallery: Christmas exhibition· December 2003, The Red Door Gallery, Edinburgh: Christmas exhibition· October 2003, The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh: “Autumn Colours” exhibition· July 2003, Art Exposure gallery, Glasgow: “Triptych” exhibition featuring three figurative artists· July 2003, The Reuben’s Gallery, Leeds: Group exhibition· April 2003, Art Exposure Gallery, Glasgow: “The MacRoberts Open 2003”· March 2003, Harvey Nicholls, Edinburgh: Commission for two large paintings for re-vamped young women’s fashion floor· February 2003, The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh: “Discerning Eye” exhibition· ·July 2001-current, Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh: Permanent exhibition· February 2003, The Leith Gallery: “Discerning Eye”, group show· July 2002, British Medical Association: Group Exhibition· July 2002, The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh: “Hip to be Square”· January 2002, The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh: “New Faces 2002”· December 2001, Art Exposure Gallery, Glasgow: Christmas show· October 2001, Art Exposure Gallery, Glasgow: Figurative show· August 2001, Art Exposure Gallery, Glasgow: Summer show· June 2001, Edinburgh College of Art: Degree Show Exhibition· March 2001, Bongo Club, Edinburgh: Out of the Blue: “Locate”· February 2001, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh: Annual Student Exhibition· November 2000, Artisan Gallery, Edinburgh: “Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll” Art Fairs· October 2003, New York Art Fair’ Represented by The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh· October 2003, London Art Fair: Represented by Art Exposure Gallery, Glasgow· April 2003, Glasgow Art Fair: Scotland’s National Art Fair: Represented by Art Exposure gallery, Glasgow· October 2002, London Art Fair: Represented by The Leith Gallery· October 2002, New York Art Fair, U.S.A: represented by the Leith Gallery· May 2002, Bristol Art Fair: represented by The Leith Gallery· April 2002, Glasgow Art Fair: Represented by Art Exposure Gallery, Glasgow· April 2001, Glasgow Art Fair: Represented by Art Exposure Gallery, Glasgow.

Private commissions· September 2010, portrait 0f 3 sister, January 2004, Portrait, “Lee”· August- November 2003, Series of portraits of five brothers and sisters· May 2003, Portrait of small child, “Freya”· April 2003, Drawing, “Louis, Max and Sandy”· January 2003, Large scale triptych to be exhibited in Sydney, Australia· December 2002, Diptych of portraits, “Lily and Henry”· November 2002, Triptych of portraits, three generations· October 2002, Portrait, “Tania”· July 2002, Triptych of Portraits· April 2002, Portrait for family collection, “Adam Bruce”· February 2002, Portrait of child, “Cameron Hogg”· October 2001, Large portrait: “Hilary carrying Fin”· September 2001, Triptych; “Self Portraits” Independently run exhibitions· June 2002, Patriot hall Gallery, WASPS Studios, Edinburgh: independently run exhibition· July- August 2001, Rothes Hall, Glenrothes.