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Becky Simmermacher
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Becky Simmermacher was born in Columbus, OH where she received her B.F.A in painting. After receiving her M.F.A in painting at Washington State University, she moved to Lexington, KY where she has resided for over 40 years with her husband and two sons. During her time in Lexington, she has worked as a practicing artist; graphic and exhibition designer for the UK Art Museum, assisting in installations at the Speed Museum in Louisville, KY as well as the ArtsPlace Gallery in Lexington. In 1990-97, she worked at the University of Kentucky as Manager for UK Printing & Duplicating Services, and in 2000 the Martin-Gatton College of Architecture, Food and Environment as a graphic designer in Marketing, and managing social media, photography, and web media sections. Now retired, she devotes her time to family, art and gardening.
Becky Simmermacher paints landscapes that are neither ground, nor distance, nor sky or water. Most of the work’s viewpoint is eye level but the shapes can represent multiple points of view within one composition. Flat tones and vivid colors combine with patterns that invite and direct you through and around the entire work. There's not a dominant focal point, just a cluster of organic shapes and color to enjoy. The saturated color palette is energetic and exciting thus suggesting a playful and welcoming environment.
The style is primarily representational with fauve neo-expressionism tendencies. Instead of the artist doing Plein air or still-life paintings, she finds her source material from the internet, common elements in our environment to form landscapes. The color may be local or deliberately independent of the local or light-influenced color of objects. Curiosity and discovery are triggered by the arrangement of overlapping forms, emotive color, and size relationships within a crowded “environment".
