Bio

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Originally from Middletown, New Jersey, Rebecca Cuming is a painter who has been living and working in Broomfield, Colorado since 2005. 

Cuming received her Bachelors Degree of Fine Art (honors) in1980 from the School Of Visual Arts in New York City. Prior to that she studied at the Arts Students league in NYC and Tyler School Of Art in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.

Cuming has exhibited extensively in the United States including the National Gallery, The Sumner Museum and Senate Building in Washington D.C , Monmouth Museum in Middletown New Jersey, the Allan Stone Gallery in New York City.

Cuming's regional exhibitions include the State Capitol, Denver, CO, The Arvada Center For The Arts, Arvada CO,The Lincoln Center,Fort Collins CO,The Dairy Art Center,Boulder,CO, Pirate Contemporary Art ,Denver, CO. Redline,Denver CO, Goodwin Fine Art,Denver, CO and Robischon gallery , Denver CO.

Cuming's work has been published in architectural and design magazines, and acquired by corporate and private collections throughout the United States.

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 Artist Statement 

​OPEN SPACE

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Lost in wonder, I find freedom

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Growing up on New Jersey's shores and living on Maine's coast, I've always been drawn to expansive horizons.  The wide-open spaces of the western landscape evoke a sense of familiarity ,replacing ocean waves with hypnotic prairie grasses swaying gently and linear patterns of plowed fields stretching toward the horizon. The speckled birdlife weave in and out of furrowed pathways, like white caps dissolving seamlessly  into the water's edge.

This landscape became my new ocean, symbolizing sustenance, survival and the human impact on our environment. I incorporate water elements, acknowledging its value in a dry climate.

Gardening influences my color palette, with suggestive flowers infused into the field concept.

My process is shaped by these dualities : the urge to let intuition lead , and the comfort found in repeating patterns 

carved across the landscape. The subtle distant horizon becomes a sacred space for me - a place where possibility feels limitless and  the imagination roams free. 

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Through my large-scale canvases , I relive the awe-inspiring experience of nature's grandeur , recapturing the thrill of its vastness and beauty. 

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ABSTRACT   

In my abstract works , I'm always exploring the notion of time: Adding and subtracting , changing it over and over until something emerges that speaks to me . That push pull of nature guides my field of colors and the elements become like characters in a play . Those characters can be defined as a certain color or type of line or thick and thin applications of paint. Feminine or masculine energies. It all has relevance until it no longer can survive within the context of the over all painting. That's where the exciting challenge comes in , making those difficult decisions of what gets to stay and what  has to go in order to end up with something that presents a powerful connection not only within myself but ultimately with the viewer.   

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My  dualistic approach to the contrasting series of works, allows me to express different aspects of my personality and creative interests, exercise problem solving and adaptability. 

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