QUINTELA-SMITH, Rebecca

Paintings + Drawings

Artist Statement

I’m a natural and intuitive impressionist. My art thus resonates with unspoken lines, colors of vibrant engagement and joy. At times my work has a quiet pain running underneath the hues that build depth in expression. My art resonates with vibrant wine, being released from my soul like the grapes I picked.

Artist Bio

As a daughter of migrant workers, my artist journey began at a very young age. While my classmates were home watching cartoons and playing with Barbie, I was in the fields with my family. I was drawing forms, shapes and characters on the paper stacks we used to dry grapes, sometimes with only a single crayon. After coming to Minnesota, I enrolled in college and was able to take art courses. That is where I discovered my love for making art.