Becky Mair News

Who or what has most influenced your artistic journey?  George Stubbs, the equestrian artist: his attention to detail, and his study of anatomy is truly amazing. I love spending time studying his work. However, after studying Jackson Pollock at art college and understanding his energy and the flow of the pigment in the paint, I used Pollock's technique, and his process to get a representational image of my subject. 

In the groundbreaking article Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? by Linda Nochlin in 1971, the view that women had been systematically erased from art history was explored, calling out the institutional barriers historically faced by women in the Western tradition. It echoed the civil-rights advances that were taking place at the time, and is considered required ‘feminist art history’ and ‘feminist art theory’ reading.

The days are now much shorter and temperatures have started to drop, but there are still plenty of reasons to get out-and-about and enjoy the great outdoors and all the natural delights that it has to offer at this time of year, not least the fascinating array of British wildlife. The shortening hours of daylight are said to provoke the red deer rut in October, and you may hear the grunts of mature stags at dusk and dawn as they attempt to ward off their competitors, each vying for the attention of fertile female deer.