About Rebecca
Who am I?
Hello, I'm Rebecca, a contemporary British landscape artist living and working in the Tamar Valley, on the Devon–Cornwall border. In 2022 my husband, our two children and I left Sussex, drawn by the chance to live by the water and closer to the land. We spend our free days paddleboarding and swimming in the river, bodyboarding and rockpooling at the beach, and we’re slowly building a smallholding with chickens, turkeys and a small flock of Jacob’s sheep.
What do I do?
I paint the landscape on my doorstep: local lanes, estuaries, coastal paths and farmland on both sides of the river, from Devon’s lanes to Cornwall’s beaches. The Tamar Valley and the wider South West, steeped in artistic and mining heritage, are a rich seam of inspiration. I love every season: soft skies, low suns, long shadows, late summer sun catching seed-heads, crisp winter light through reed beds, and mudflats alchemised by the light into molten silver.
My paintings are made in oil, in layers. The early stages are loose and exploratory, and I build, scrape back and rework the surface as I go, with touches of graphite, charcoal and pastel woven through. Gradually each painting reveals itself.
My newest collection traces my own journey, from feeling quite “at sea” in a new home to falling in love with this valley.
How can you buy?
I’d love a painting on your wall to bring that same spark of joy into your everyday.
- Original oil paintings
- Limited edition giclée prints
- Framed canvas prints
- Greeting cards
- Commissions
- Interior collaborations
I work from my home studio in Devon and welcome studio visits by appointment.