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Solo Virtual Exhibition "Tension/Expansion" - Rebecca Silvers


  • Gallery 2727 (Virtual) 2727 California Street Berkeley, CA, 94703 United States (map)

"Tension/Expansion"
- Rebecca Silvers

    1. Rainbow Fountain, 2015, Oils on wood panel, 24" x 30", SOLD

    2. Supernova Mandala, 2022, Acrylic on wood panel, 6" x 6", $275

    3. Poppy Mandala, 2022, Acrylic on wood panel, 6" x 6", $275

    4. Sea Urchin Mandala, 2022, Acrylic on wood panel, 6" x 6", $275

    5. Orange Feather Mandala, 2024, Ink and pencil on wood panel,12" x 12", $500

    6. Sixties Fan, 2024, Ink, watercolor, pencil and pastel on paper, 30" x 22", $1275

    7. Light Bubbles, 2024, Ink, watercolor, pencil and pastel on paper, 30" x 22", $1275

    8. Decompose, 2024, Ink, watercolor, pencil and pastel on paper, 30" x 22", $1275

    9. Comet Flowers, 2024, Ink, watercolor, pencil and pastel on paper, 30" x 22", SOLD

    10. Oil Waves, 2025, Ink, acrylic and pencil on wood panel, 24" x 18", $875

    11. Coral Bloom, 2025, Ink and pencil on wood panel, 24" x 18", $875

    12. Cactus Sunset, 2025, Ink on wood panel, 16" x 24", $750

Tension/Expansion represents paintings I’ve completed between 2015 and 2025 - though primarily from 2020 to 2025. This body of work is an exercise in turning inward. Much of my internal struggle has been about the feeling of restriction and pressure (only exacerbated by Covid). Where my life or psyche constricts, this painterly voice finds leverage, the force to push against it. Emotional, mental, and physical tension is an inherent part of my existence, and the need to express and unravel it is a visceral part of why I paint, a unique valve through which intensity can be released.

I am applying techniques for layering and masking developed while working in other media: silk painting with dye and wax resists, motion design and animated film (media with great propensity for creating flow states). Bringing these style preferences to current work with ink, pencil and pastel on wooden panels is a sort of synthesis. The interplay between opposing forces: hard edges with soft gradients, cool and warm color groups, light and dark spaces, have become a language to address intricacies of relationship - nuances of resistance, boundaries, containment, love and pain. Harmony, growth, and my impressions of the natural world; cycles of earthly processes - birth, blossoming, decay and death, are increasingly on my mind. There is some natural flow to how life moves that I am interested in, and it’s always a surprise. It can be trance inducing to create repeating shapes. The rhythmic movement of curves feels like magic to me - a way to make a little more space for light to shine through.

To purchase or inquire about a painting, please email me at beccasilvers1@gmail.com.

For printed accessories please visit my online shop at https://rebecca-silvers-shop.printful.me/

Rebecca Silvers

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