Day's End Painting

Hello! I’m Rebecca Robb, a fine artist living in San Diego. My art work takes me through a variety of subjects influenced by my extensive world travels. I was born in Brazil to American expats. During my childhood my family traveled around a lot. Every few years we moved to a new country and I learned about their culture. Throughout my childhood I sampled incredibly extensive and varied sceneries from paradise beaches in Brazil, vast flat lands of Argentina, dry deserts of Lima contrasting with the rural jungles of Tingo Maria, Peru, to the deep blue Andes Mountains visible throughout Chile like walls of a fortress. I always loved being out in nature, usually appreciating it from high up in a tree. I lived on large farms with cows, horses and pigs, in the center of large noisy cities, in artsy quaint beach towns, on high-altitude llama-populated hills, and down in windy red-dirt desert lands. My appreciation for traveling manifested itself as a young adult. In my early twenties I spent three years volunteering in Africa. I fully anticipated but didn’t have an ounce of culture shock when I got there. I felt right at home. I remember feeling soul-free wondering the jungle on the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro listening to captivating calls of monkeys, birds and insects collectively forming a melodious choir. There are no words to describe the hypnotic calm of gazing at rainbows forming in the mist of Victoria Falls while standing drenched on it’s enormous ledges as powerful columns of water roar downward. It’s a precious thing to come face to face with African wildlife, although it happens regularly. I felt humbled and honored to meet each elephant, even when it was my twentieth. I drove through the Serengeti, waded barefoot on the banks of lake Tanganyika, which some locals proudly refer to as “the beach” to which I just chuckled inwardly and briefly longed for the aquamarine waves and warm salty pools of Brazil. My travels took me to 13 countries in central, east and south Africa as well as 8 European countries. Each country is like its own continent with it’s own revered landmarks and unique terrain that makes you want to slow down and appreciate nature’s tempo and simplicity of life. My art is a reflection of my eagerness to depict everything I know and love on this earth. I feel excited to explore and experience something from a new perspective, and equally eager to paint it.