Using bold and vibrant marks and colors, painter Becky Steele, creates figurative abstracts with fun and energetic personalities and stories.
Steele's first “professional” painting was on the cinder block fence in the back yard of her childhood home. Her dad asked her to paint the silhouette of an eagle on the fence. She says it turned out surprisingly well and may still be there after 60+ years.
As with many of us, life took Steele in another direction, first as a wife and mother and later as a sales and marketing executive in the corporate world. She continued to paint on the side in watercolors and journals throughout her travels. Fast forward to 2012, when Steele picked up a brush again, faced a canvas on her wall and began painting acrylic abstracts. She loves abstracts.
“For me abstraction is the very heart of creativity. It allows me to open fully to my imagination and connect with all the energies so I can better communicate my ideas and what I'm feeling through my painting.”
Steele retired from her corporate career in 2019 and began painting full-time. She has work represented in both personal and corporate collections all over the US, and several pieces are currently on display in galleries in the Coastal Carolinas. Steele also teaches art workshops in the area.
