Artist Rebecca Campbell discusses finding her way back from tragedy through painting. Read full story from the Huffington Post here. 

Rebecca Campbell, “Lay your burdens down,” 2012, 12" x 20,“ Oil on Canvas

It’s a simple act to look and paint. There is no cutting edge in sight. It’s what flickers between the edges, burning and warming us both, that the practice has managed to gather. We are all given birth to begin and death to end. This experience is not exclusive or unique. The record painting offers is not either, but we simply have a need to find meaning and have built tools to try and fill it.

Rebecca Campbell, "You’re a poem of mystery, you’re the prayer inside me,” 2012, 36" x 36,“ Oil on Canvas

Rebecca Campbell, "Call Her Green and the Winters Cannot Fade Her,” 2012, 36" x 36,“ Oil on Canvas

Rebecca Campbell, "I breathed through your body,” 2012, 36" x 36,“ Oil on Canvas