"Shimmering" Painting

Rebecca Warren — Australian abstract artist exploring place, mapping, landscape and the physical act of making marks between Australia and France. Living permanently in the Lot Valley, France since 2018, she draws inspiration from the rivers, landscapes and deep history of the region, as well as from her Australian background and long-standing interest in Aboriginal art and culture.
Her work explores landscape, memory, mapping and the emotional responses generated by particular places. She has a fascination with maps and the patterns of rivers, pathways, cells and organic forms, translating these into abstract visual languages.
At the heart of her practice is the haptic act of making marks—the physical, intuitive process of painting itself. She is particularly fascinated by the beauty of the accident: the unexpected mark, gesture, colour or collision that emerges through the process and becomes part of the work.
Her interest in mapping, nature and the emotional experience of landscape has been influenced by Aboriginal approaches to Country, alongside her own experience of the Australian landscape. These influences come together with her fascination for abstract mark-making to create paintings that evoke waterways, aerial maps, organic forms and the shifting relationship between memory, place and feeling.
With a background in teaching, anthropology, Australian Aboriginal culture, music and art, Rebecca brings together observation, research and intuitive making in her contemporary abstract practice.