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REBECCA HAWKES

PAINTINGS

I delight in the sensuality and ferocity of the natural world. My work incorporates lush images of chaos and creation, in cycles of fertility and decay. Influenced by botanical art and Pre-Raphaelite styles of nature painting and symbolism, I paint sugarcoated surrealities in oils, layering glazes for their depth and richness.

Rebecca Hawkes _ Twice as many stars as usual _ oil on canvas_ 2022.jpg

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Rebecca Hawkes _ Cowbois are frequently secretly fond of each other _ oil on canvas_ 2022.

Cowbois are frequently secretly fond of each other

Cowbois are frequently secretly fond of each other

Cowbois are frequently secretly fond of each other

Centaur firing a heart-shaped arrow across a late to a volcano

As above, so below

As above, so below (detail)

As above, so below (detail)

Frenzy

Frenzy (detail)

Frenzy (detail)

Frenzy (detail)

An oil painting I worked on through the national Level Four lockdown... something loud and bright to clear out the cobwebs and cabin fever.

An awkward elf in gilded platform heels perched atop pink travertine terraces, with troubled waters, an orchid mantis, a forest in flames, a magenta sunset, banana passionfruit in various stages of their cycle, and a human-handed hound summoning a fireball.

Highlighting the babirusa

Observing the pale hound

Creamy geology

Sweet Mammalians

The Ecstasies of Ceridwen

Lilith's paradise with offerings of celebration & harmony

Refuge sought in the predatory grove

Vulcanologist conducts experiments with invasive species

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