Rebecca Holand

Bio

Rebecca Holand received a BFA in creative writing and visual art. She has worked in galleries, schools, green houses, owned a cafe, a general store and deli, and now paints and writes full-time in her studio at Eastside Atelier, Vancouver. She participates in the Eastside Culture Crawl, West of Main Artwalk and Art in the City. She is a member of First Saturday Open Studio. She has participated in several group shows as well as single artist exhibits. Rebecca has published 2 chapbooks, plus a group chapbook with Harbour Centre 5, a writing group from SFU, which have been meeting monthly for over 5 years. Rebecca considers herself a ‘re-emerging’ forever artist.

Rebecca wants to thank her art studio mates at Eastside Atelier, plus her writing group Harbour Centre 5. "Your support is better than a sunny day in February!"

Rebecca acknowledges she lives on unceded land of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

Artist’s Statement

My paintings are more vulnerable than precious, lean on straight-forward, naive imagery. I work with acrylic paints and collage materials, maybe an edgy word or two. Most of the paintings are small, indeed, I paint with a nod to our smaller homes, brevity of messages, for our complicated busy lives.

My goal is to have you the viewer feel seen, to reflect on images from life that may be messy, but always include kindness.

Please take a moment to look through the different series of paintings, and if you have a moment longer, stay for some poetry.