rebecca de figueiredo

GABORONE, south east, Botswana

About rebecca de figueiredo

I simply record the colour and the 'feel' as accurately and as honestly as I can, from my point of view: getting down on canvas or paper how exactly the moment seemed to my senses, especially visually, has an urgency in it that sometimes excludes the need for an accurate line depiction. When faced with a bright blue light which is hitting the trees in the foreground, turning the leaves pink and transforming known objects into brightly lit 'spots' of light, unrecognizable, how wondrous nature is. I do like to follow an accurate underdrawing... but sometimes... usually actually.... nature and light move and change shape.. so this method can prove redundant, unless I'm painting a still life, indoors, still and unchanging. Various exhibitions, commissions, awards and sales over the last 3 decades have endured I'm dedicated to my work. Please enjoy my work, it is colourful and a bit like eye candy.

Education:

A levels. Self taught as an artist ... learnt through mistakes and awards.

Events:

I won a prestigious commission to paint the huge foyer painting in a newly built private hospital.

I won the first award for the artist chosen to have their painting on the front of the Botswana telephone directory.

I won 2 'best painting' awards at the annual 'Artists of Botswana' exhibitions.

Exhibitions:

Gallery Anne, Gaborone,
The Bouganville, Gaborone
The Main Octagon Museum, Gaborone
Thapong Art centre, Gaborone,
BotswanaCraft, Gaborone