Rebecca Skinner

"Showtime #2", abandoned, television, tv, hallway, beige, red, color photograph

2017

Rebecca Skinner’s “Rough Terrain” is part of a her texture series taking an up-close look rusted and/or weathered metal. This abstract image is mostly earth tones with a touch of blu...

Rebecca Skinner’s “Sunflower #11” is part of her "Simplicity" series of photographs taking an up close look at flowers and other botanical subjects. The 12 x 18 inch color photo is o...

Rebecca Skinner’s “Carts” was photographed at an abandoned silk mill and is part of a series documenting the loss of industry in America. The 12 x 18 inch color photograph, with ric...

Rebecca Skinner’s “White” is part of her "Simplicity" series taking an up close look at flowers and other botanical subjects. The soft focus alters the image of a white rose into a b...

Rebecca Skinner’s “Blue Ford” is a color photo on aluminum documenting the beauty of the decaying automobile as part of her "Rust to Dust" series. Th...

Rebecca Skinner’s “Forgotten Beauty” was photographed in Northern Vermont. The landscape color photo is of a vintage bus and weathered barn. The 10 x 30 inch panoramic with satin fin...

"I am primarily driven by an exploration of colour and form. My objective is to bring an emotional is to bring an emotional element and aesthetic balance to my work." "It came to me in the middle of the night - as these things often do - that to incorporate gold leaf into the finished print would neatly encapsulate some of the elements I am trying to express. Its application would obviously have to be done by hand with all its attendant imperfections and mistakes. Kintsugi - the Japanese art of patching broken ceramics with gold - shares its aesthetic with Wabi Sabi." - Valda Bailey...

Truth, 2017 Print on Museum Glass, Hand gilded with Lemon and Moon Gold 31 x 31 cm/ 12.2 x 12.2 in (custom framed) Edition of 5 This print is from a series of images made from a collection of honesty seeds gathered at the end of baking hot summer... The papery enclosures are like parchment through which the light filters with a pale gold delicacy." The beauty of the pieces printed on glass are truly revealed when seen in the flesh, which shimmer in the daylight and change constantly as different light sources are reflected off the print. "My fascination with colour goes back a long way. One of my earliest creative recollections has me sitting at a table endlessly mixing paints in a valiant but ultimately futile attempt to 'invent a new colour'. It was an imperative that kept me occupied for some time as I recall. The result was always the same - and unedifying fudge of pale peach and silver." - Valda Bailey...

"An image taken in Pushkar during what was to be a memorable trip and the last link with normality before the pandemic took hold. We travelled around India, the days becoming more and more precious as we got the sense of Covid's restrictive net closing in around the world. The image was finished some months later, while fully in the grasp of a second lockdown. The addition of gold leaf symbolised for me a sense of hope and the spiritual energy with which I will always associate India, and especially Pushkar." - Valda Bailey...

Orotones leafed in 24kt gold, Price includes frame

"Morning At The Park" Photography: Aluminum Dibond Mounted Print, Giclée Fuji Metallic Paper, High Gloss Lamination Dimensions: 20 x 30 in or 16 x 24 in These photographs are all lim...

"Flying Saucers" Photography Printed with Archival Ink on Aluminum, Glossy Finish Dimensions: 30 x 24 in (Limited Edition of 3) 20 x 16 in (Limited Edition of 3) 14 x 11 in (Limited ...