Becca Conrad, Artist

I paint on an intuitive level, out of my own experiences. The figures sometimes are the environment and other times are placed in familiar environments. Not an environment recognizable as a particular place but as a space- emotional or otherwise- we may have all explored. I use the figure, somewhat a self-portrait but more a representation of human experience, to tell stories. Again, not a particular story, but one that fits into others, altered by individual experiences.
These paintings are oil washes on paper. I use multiple layers of analogous colors to either give depth or to flatten these largely monochromatic works. Some have charcoal drawing layered over the wash - also indicative of the many surfaces in a story.
I studied at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana and received a BA in Art. It was there that my love of the figure as a subject was cultivated. I moved to Alamosa, Colorado and spent 3 years working with the artists of the San Luis Valley and developing my own work, then primarily watercolor. Patchwork Central, an inner-city community in Evansville, Indiana, invited me to come work with them as an artist-in-residence. It was there that the brilliant reds and yellows came to cover my pallette, and the move oil on paper was made. After 3 years, my love of the sky returned me to Colorado where I have set up my studio in Durango.

Exhibits

Currently exhibiting with The Art Room, Durango, CO and the Cottonwood Inn Gallery, Alamosa, CO.

"Coffee Break: A Series" Steaming Bean, Durango, CO. One person exhibit. March 1997.

Four person exhibit Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO. October 1996.

Two person exhibit Cottonwood Inn Gallery, Alamosa, CO. June 1996.

"In a Little Space" Aisling Studio, Durango, CO. One person exhibit. April 1996.

Juried Alumni Exhibit at Goshen College Art Gallery. Goshen, IN. October-November 1994.

"Artists In The Neighborhood" Patchwork Central, Evansville, IN. Two person exhibit. July 1994

Fiftieth annual Wabash Valley Juried Art Exhibition: Sheldon Swope Museum, Terre Haute, IN. February-March 1994. Winner Joan & David Zaun Merit Award.

Sixth Annual Holiday Sale at Patchwork Central, Evansville, IN. November 20-21, 1993.

"Dwellings of the Soul" Three Person exhibit at New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN. October 10- November 10, 1993.

Fifth Annual Holiday Sale at Patchwork Central, Evansville, IN. November 21-22, 1992.

Indiana Art Educators Association Juried exhibit at the Ft Wayne Museum of Art, Ft Wayne, IN. October 22-November 25, 1992.

Fourth Annual Holiday Sale at Patchwork Central, Evansville, IN. November 23-24, 1991.

Chaffee County Council on the Arts Seventh Annual Open Awards Show, Buena Vista, CO. September 1991. Winner 2nd place drawing and Chaffee County Times Choice Award.

"Troncoso & Conrad: Paintings & Drawings" Two person exhibit at Rio Grande Art Market, Alamosa, CO. November 1990.

Conflict - text from an article written for the Evansville Times, October, 1992
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