About Rebecca

Rebecca Campbell’s delightful, enigmatic and highly imaginative paintings evoke a world of plants and animals that appear to be happily confined within the boundaries of their own contented universe. Add a vivid sense of design that instantly captures the eye and you have paintings that project immense appeal.

She was born in Stamford and grew up in Ireland where as a child she was surrounded by gardens and animals, helped by the fact her mother was a keen gardener. But it was her three months in India that fired her imagination, in particular for Mughal miniatures with their rich earth colours and bold designs. This influence remains the bedrock of much of her work.

In 1991 she started a business producing hand painted furniture and murals, for which she found a ready market, but she felt it too restrictive for her artistic talents and turned her attention to full time painting, though she undertakes commissions for murals. In 2002 she held her first solo London exhibition at the Park Walk Gallery followed by a second in 2004 with the delightful title, The Enchanted Garden. Her next solo show was in Burford, Oxfordshire, all these exhibitions were very successful and established her reputation as a main stream player in the field of decorative arts.

Brian Sinfield 2005

Since this was written Rebecca has now had several solo shows in London with Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery and Brian Sinfield, Burford, Oxfordshire. She has also shown internationally with solo shows in San Francisco, Mexico City, Houston, Texas and with a gallery In Toronto, Canada.

She was invited by the Chairman of the English Nation Opera to take part in Discerning Eye Exhibition at the Mall Galleries where she won the Discerning Eye Purchase Prize. Another invitation was to paint two life size model elephants for Elephant Parade, London 2010, the biggest public art event to take place in London ever. This is to raise money and awareness for the Asian elephant.

Curriculum Vitae

EXHIBITIONS

AWARDS
2005 Discerning Eye - Chairmans's Purchaser Prize

COMMERCIAL COMMISSIONS include:
Art Group
Boots
Canns Down Press
Collier and Dobson
Contrast Gallery, Hong Kong
Henry Bendells, New York
McKinsey & Co, London
MIK Ltd.
Museums and Galleries Publishing
Paperchase, London
Princess Margaret Hospital, Swindon
Saks Fifth Avenue, New York
Shellys Shoes, London
Sheraton Hotel, Ethiopia
St George’s Hospital, Essex
Stewo, Switzerland
W. H. Smith
Woodmansterne Publishing

PRIVATE COMMISSIONS include:
Paintings, murals, panels, hand-painted furniture and design work.


BOOKS/ MAGAZINES/ PRESS
Decorative Frames by Juliet Bawden
Murals, Tromp l’oeil and Decorative by Lynette Wigley

Harpers & Queen; Homes & Gardens; Kitchens, Bedrooms & Bathrooms; Southwest Magazine, London; The Resident, London; The Sunday Telegraph; V&A Magazine; The Resident, The Lady; Oxford Times; Palo Alto Weekly, USA; De Tuin Exclusif, Holland; Country Life; The Week

Palo Alto The Weekly Weekend

EDUCATION
City and Guilds of London Art School, London
1984 - 1987 Illustrative Arts, 1st Class Honours