Galleries West Fine Art

Rebecca Latham, SAA

Discipline(s): Watercolor on Board

Accolades: Signature Member-Society of Animal Artists. Awards: 2006: Second in Show & Manny Sullivan Award for Excellence at the Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. (MPSGS) 73rd Annual International Exhibition of Fine Art in Miniature. 2004: Best of Show, British Society of Miniaturists Summer Exhibition. 2003: Best of Show, Southern Wildlife Festival, Decatur, Alabama. Repeat exhibitor in Arts for the Parks.

Bio:
Growing up in a family drawn to the outdoors, Rebecca has always experienced a closeness to the natural world. With the supportive encouragement of her parents, and finding a talent in art, she chose to focus her future as a painter in her mid teens.
Rebecca's primary goal in her work is to use her work to help the creatures she paints as well as their habitat. She often participates in many wildlife and habitat conservation fundraising events to raise funds and awareness. Her work has been featured on several conservation/huntingstamps including the 2003 MN wild turkey stamp and the Manitoba conservation stamp. She spends as much time as possible observing and experiencing the wildlife she paints: "We often take up to 5000 still photographs on a shoot. It is very important that the subject painted is studied from every available angle, as well as it's habitats and preferences.
Because of her interest in the biological aspects of wildlife art, her paintings always reflect a personal experience with the species. "For me, the research and fieldwork involved are my favorite, rain or shine. There are many times I have to drag myself back to my studio to paint, as I would much rather spend all of my time outside.
Her style and technique are primarly influenced by her artist family, Karen & Bonnie. After studying many mediums and styles of painting and sculpture, she now works primarily in watercolour in a traditional Flemish style. Rebecca's works range in size from 24"x36" to 1"x1". She particularly enjoys painting small & miniature works.

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