Art in Review 9/16/25: An Evolution of Face
Message from the manager: DCSC is taking a BRIEF hiatus! We will return with coordinated posts and a full, titillating, page turning, ultra-scrolling selection in October. In the meantime, enjoy reading me, Becky, writing about my favorite things. My paintings. Caio for now!
Hello everyone. Welcome back to Art in Review with Rebeckky the Scottie. Today, I have selected 4 paintings to discuss. Yes, I did paint them all! Tilly is currently on display, The Eyes have sold, but the other two are for sale and I have prints of all 4. As the wise ones say, let’s dive into it!
Tilly: Acrylic on canvas. 10x10 in. $100 starting price. Currently on display at Art Enables in Washington, DC. Tilly is my quirky French lady. No, I have never been to France, but the way her curls bounce has me imagining Parisian pastry shops and twirling tiny umbrellas. Sunshine and lemonade. Things of that nature. In 2023, I was in graduate school and OBSESSED with fine lines and details. I made shapes and colors and connected the lines into faces afterwards. What stands out to you the most?
Molly: Acrylic on canvas. 8x8 in. Molly is another experiment in shapes and colors. Also painted in 2023 ish. Here, her face is tiny but still set near the middle of the painting and, I believe, quite alluring. Her tooth or lip or tongue is sticking out, her knockers are on full display, her hair sits on her like a second skin. I know what interests me and why I could stare at Molly forever. Does anyone else feel this? What distinguishes her from Tilly?
The Eyes: Acrylic on Canvas, 16x16 in. Recently sold at the Mount Pleasant Art All Night event this past weekend. Prints are available and in HIGH DEMAND! The Eyes are the most abstract. Can you find the eyebrows? How many colors make up the painting? How did I make the eyes so filmy? Some day I may tell you, I want to hear your ideas first.
Thusfar Untitled: Self portrait. ~12 x 18 in. IDK I haven’t measured her. Watercolor on Wood. 2025. The other three paintings were completed around the same time in 2023. This lovely lady just finished 2 weeks ago. So what’s changed? The medium - acrylic and canvas vs watercolor and wood. There’s a drawn in frame. What’s the same? Lots of lines, lots of colors, though they’re more fragmented and categorized than before. There’s true white in this painting. Does it look like me? Sometimes. Hard to tell. Especially if you don’t know what I look like. Your loss, really. She is wearing a crown of her ancestors billowing away from her in black smoke. The smoke is then used to make the frame that protects her from the world outside of herself. That same smoke is in her hair, in her. This painting may be the most honest reflection of myself to date. There is my reflection, on the wall, wearing a gold crown of protection. There I am, frozen, guiding myself towards what is right and good and meant for me. Does that same smoke not protect us all? Do our ancestors not sit in our head and whisper in our ear? Screaming? Raging?
“FREE DC - END THE OCCUPATION - ABOLISH ICE”
See you next time! Something specific you want me to discuss? To paint? Comment below.