Rebecca James - How To Be Happy

Original Artwork

28 x 28cm | Acrylic on canvas | Framed in Walnut | Ready to hang

About the Artwork:

This painting is part of an ongoing series of paintings set around the table at parties and other social events. These works make us wonder about the relationships between the subjects. Are they friends? Family? Colleagues? Are they having a good time? Or are we glimpsing brief moments of tension, fatigue or boredom? The characters in these works encourage us to feel a sense of recognition, perhaps even a hint of nostalgia, for the social occasions that have shaped our own lives.

About the Artist:

Rebecca is inspired by the work of both contemporary and classic artists and creates her paintings by first imagining a scenario or feeling. She then looks through old photos, magazine pictures and online images of people to help inspire the composition and form of her painting. Once she’s got a composition on the canvas she works and reworks her paintings, layering the paint and sometimes scraping back and adding or removing elements to the composition until she has a piece she’s happy with.