Tuesday, Mar 07, 2017

10:00 am PST - 1:30 pm PST

Kwan Fong Gallery
120 Memorial Parkway
Thousand Oaks, Ca 91360

10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Rebecca Campbell will demonstrate portrait painting technique in the Kwan Fong Gallery amidst her exhibit You are Here.

Campbell makes each painting with the same dimensions, using paper that she primes with a custom pink acrylic paint. She then employs a limited palette of black, white, and gray to build the portrait. Although she approaches each work with identical parameters, Campbell imbues each portrait with a unique sense of identity, capturing their likeness with bold and gestural brushstrokes. Each sitter meets the gaze of the viewer, with her strengths and vulnerabilities candidly conveyed. Beyond subject matter, these works are a celebration of painting itself, and the quality of imagery that can only be brought forth with paint and brush. As Campbell states, “I believe deeply in process being content.”

This event was sponsored by the Cal Lutheran Artists and Speakers Committee.