Location: United States
Curriculum Vitae
Becky W. Parrish
540-364-4894
O. Box 25, Orlean, VA 20128
Employment:
Self Employed Artist since 1988
Assistant Professor of Fine Art,
Lord Fairfax Community College, Warrenton, VA 1998-2003
The William Woodward School of Fine Art
Director and Co-Owner
Instructor of Intermediate and Advanced Oil Painting
Education:
Bachelor of Fine Arts, George Mason University, 1982
M.F.A. The George Washington University, 1996
Group Shows, Dimock Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1995,’96
One Woman Show, The Debra Brown Gallery, Warrenton, VA, 2000
One Woman Show, Marin Price Gallery, Chevy Chase, MD, 2001
One Woman Shows, The Berkley Gallery, Warrenton, Virginia, 2002, ’04, ’06, ’08, 10
One Woman Show, Helena Fox Fine Art, Charleston, SC, 2007
One Woman Show, Main Street Gallery, Annapolis, MD 2012
Juried Group Show, The Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C. January 2011-March 2012
Painters of the Piedmont, Sept. 2012 Chroma Gallery, Oct. 2012, James Madison Montpelier, Visitors' Center, Nov. 2012, National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg, VA
Awards:
The Audrey Glassman Award, 1995
The Morris Louis Fellowship, 1996
Weils and Gotshal Award for portraiture, 1996
Honorable Mention Artivita 2012
My paintings are abstract, regardless of their representative nature. Whether setting up a still life, or positioning a figure in a portrait, the objective in the paintings is to create an integrated whole. Conjunction of form is inherent to painting. Conjunction of form refers to many important qualities, i.e. color theme, density of space, overlapping of objects and shadows, paint manipulation (scraping, repainting, scraping again and using a palatte knife to build up areas where texture is desired) and the reworking of borders and edges. I choose still life as an artform, because it allows me to contol all of the above-mentioned elements. Still life in general, is limited in depth and space, therefore, it is a challenge when developing an arrangement to try and capture that multi-layered sense space on the two dimensional surface of the canvas.
“Composition in Orange and Blue with Old Milk Pail”
My paintings are abstract, regardless of their representative nature. Whether setting up a still life, or positioning a figure in a portrait, the objective in the paintings is to create an integrated whole. Conjunction of form is inherent to painting. Conjunction of form refers to many important qualities, i.e. color theme, density of space, overlapping of objects and shadows, paint manipulation (scraping, repainting, scraping again and using a palatte knife to build up areas where texture is desired) and the reworking of borders and edges. I choose still life as an artform, because it allows me to contol all of the above-mentioned elements. Still life in general, is limited in depth and space, therefore, it is a challenge when developing an arrangement to try and capture that multi-layered sense space on the two dimensional surface of the canvas.
Oil on panel, approximately 22x38 inches
oil on panel, approximately 29x27 inches
Oil on Linen, 8x10 inches
“Old Chair”
“Red Chair”
“End of Summer”
“Pink Lemonade”
