Rebecca Daugherty

Rebecca Daugherty is a contemporary abstract artist and art director based in Kansas City. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Kansas City Art Institute and more than 15 years of experience in visual storytelling and design, her work explores color, texture, movement, and emotional intuition through layered abstraction.

Her paintings are rooted in instinctive mark-making and balance — blending expressive brushwork with structured composition to create work that feels both energetic and atmospheric.

Working primarily in acrylic on large-scale canvas, Rebecca creates pieces designed to evoke emotion, presence, and connection within a space. Her background in art direction informs her sensitivity to scale, palette, and visual rhythm, resulting in artwork that feels equally at home in curated residential interiors and modern commercial environments.

Rebecca currently lives and works in the historic Columbus Park neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, where the layered character of the urban landscape continues to influence her work. She views abstraction as both a personal practice and a form of visual expression rooted in intuition, emotion, and discovery.

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Kanasas City Art Institute, 2009