Rebecca Campbell: Grounded
Over the past year, Rebecca Campbell has transformed her studio into a laboratory for material experimentation. For her new series, Campbell has chosen a material with which she was largely unfamiliar – oil bar and pastel – and pushed beyond the skill and muscle memory that she has built through years of working with paint. “I wanted to get lost in the material,” Campbell explains.
For the subject matter of her experimentation, Campbell looked to her own garden: a place that provides a refuge for her amidst the tumult of American political instability. Campbell follows in the tradition of countless artists throughout the centuries who have sought inspiration in the subject, a fact that Campbell attests to the blooms’ complexity and emotive quality. To Campbell, flowers are “symbolic of all phases of life.” They are beautiful but also ravishing, tender, sexual, defensive, rebellious.
The luminous new body of work captures the flower in bloom, in vibrant color, and lush with life. From the loose and gestural ruffled petals of Dahlia Uprising to the even, refined blossoms of Preppy Poppy, the range of mark-making present throughout the series reflects Campbell’s experimental process as well as the underlying expressive quality of each still life. The effect is enhanced by Campbell’s careful selection of blooms and vases, many of which hold personal significance for the artist.
Her final piece – Self Portrait in Green and Red – brings the entire series into focus for Campbell. Wilted from lack of water, the tulips seem to be exhausted, overcome, and yet, they still contain tremendous beauty. “I’ve been calling it my most recent self-portrait,” Campbell says.
Rebecca Campbell
My beloved Neil Diamond, 2025
oil stick on paper
Image: 29 x 21 in. (73.7 x 53.3 cm)
Sheet: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm)
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Rebecca Campbell
Pink Punk Rose, 2025
oil stick on paper
Image: 21 x 29 in. (53.3 x 73.7 cm)
Paper: 22 x 29 in. (55.9 x 73.7 cm)
$8000
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Rebecca Campbell
Blue Hydrangeas for Dot, 2025
oil stick on paper
Image: 29 x 21 in. (73.7 x 53.3 cm)
Sheet: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm)
$8000
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Rebecca Campbell
Nasturtium Crown, 2025
acrylic, oil pastel and UV varnish on paper
Image: 27 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. (69.9 x 48.9 cm)
Sheet: 27 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. (69.9 x 48.9 cm)
$8000
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Rebecca Campbell
Pink Heirloom, 2025
acrylic, oil pastel and UV varnish on paper
Image: 19 3/4 x 28 in. (50.2 x 71.1 cm)
Sheet: 20 5/8 x 29 in. (52.4 x 73.7 cm)
$8000
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Rebecca Campbell
Dahlia Uprising, 2025
oil stick on paper
Image: 74 x 49 in. (188 x 124.5 cm)
Sheet: 76 x 51 in. (193 x 129.5 cm)
$25,000
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Rebecca Campbell
Preppy Poppy, 2025
oil stick in paper
Image: 74 x 49 in. (188 x 124.5 cm)
Sheet: 76 x 51 in. (193 x 129.5 cm)
$25,000
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Rebecca Campbell
Self Portrait in Green and Red, 2025
oil stick on paper
Image: 74 x 49 in. (188 x 124.5 cm)
Sheet: 76 x 51 in. (193 x 129.5 cm)
$25,000
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Image from Rebecca Campbell's studio. Los Angeles, CA, 2025
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About Rebecca Campbell
Rebecca Campbell
Self Portrait with Gold Hair, 2025
oil pastel and UV varnish on paper
Image: 14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
Sheet: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.9 cm)
$2500
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Rebecca Campbell received her MFA in painting and drawing from the University of California Los Angeles in 2001. Two years later, L.A. Louver presented her debut solo show with the gallery and has since presented six exhibitions. Campbell has exhibited nationally and internationally including the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ; the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavillion, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA; Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT; Brigham Young University, Provo, UT among others, and art fairs including Art Basel, Switzerland, Art Basel Miami Beach, ARCO Madrid, ADAA: The Art Show, and Frieze Los Angeles. Her work has been featured in publications including ARTnews, the Los Angeles Times, ART PAPERS, X-TRA, ARTWORKS Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Artnet.
Campbell has also enjoyed many years teaching, including positions at California State University, Fullerton, CA; Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA; Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA; Vermont College of Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA,; Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO, and the Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA.
Campbell lives and works in Los Angeles..