Oct/Nov 2006 pdf - Mission Arts Monthly

Rebecca Bazell
I was born in Brighton, England, where I lived for
6 months before moving to the US, eventually
living in seven cities before the age of ten. These
moves, though not necessarily in my conscious
memory, are made vivid by my parent’s
descriptions, photos, and historical descriptions
of the early 1970s. The paintings I’m working on
attempt to connect my memories of those times
with what I’ve been able to find out since.
I started these paintings in July, when I returned
to San Francisco after living in NYC for the
past 12 years. I was surprised to discover that
while I was painting these memories, I was also
responding to being back in California, and it
made me question my own memories of place.
Are memories just responses to the present?
Rebecca Bazell holds a BA in Art from Hamilton
College, studied art history in Florence, Italy
and holds a degree in Painting from the New
York Studio School. She teaches painting and
drawing, and recently moved her studio from New
York City to San Francisco’s Potrero Hill.
She has shown in New York, Maine and Los
Angeles, and has received numerous awards
including: The Gamblin Paint Prize, Absolut
Grant, NYSS Merit Award and a Milton Avery
Fellowship.
Attached Art
Brighton, 2006, oil on canvas, 36 x 24
Boreum Hill (Brooklyn), 2006, oil on canvas, 36 x 24
West Village Tub, 2006, oil on canvas, 36 x 24
Mission Arts Monthly Oct/Nov 2006 www.missionarts.org page 19