Rebecca Luncan is a classically trained oil painter known for the life-like qualities of her portraits and still life paintings. Rebecca’s work draws influences from memories of growing up on a small family farm in Ohio, the language of paintings from the Dutch Golden age, and the people, plants and animals that grace her life in the Seattle area today.

By using time tested techniques dating back as far as the 1500’s and using the exceptionally stable medium of oil on metal, Rebecca’s paintings have a timeless character and they will weather the tests of time.

Her paintings have been exhibited internationally and she is represented by Harris/Harvey Gallery in Seattle, WA. She was recently featured in Southwest Art Magazine as an “Artist to watch” and has won numerous award including multiple awards from the Art Renewal Center, Oil Painters of America, International Guild of Realism, and the Portrait Society of America.

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Education

1997 The Art Academy of Cincinnati, Bachelor of Fine Art, Painting, Cincinnati, OH

Solo Exhibitions

2022  Vanitas, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR

2017  Into the CountryGallery Frames, Seattle, WA

2007  New Paintings, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005  Drift, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005  Recent Paintings, Helen S. Smith Gallery, Green River Community College, Auburn, WA

2004  Silent, Atelier 31, Seattle, WA

2003  Shifting Realism, Atelier 31, Seattle, WA

2001  New Works, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA

2001  Rara Avis, Fireplace Gallery, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR

2000  Minumetal, One Night Stand Gallery, Tacoma WA

1998  By the soul of the subject, Leeds Gallery, Earlham College, Richmond, IN

1996  Recent Paintings, Base Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023  Winter Offerings, Harris/Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA

2023  Five and Under: Group Exhibition, Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY

2023  Joy – Floral and Botanical Studies, Harris/Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA

2022  Small Works 2022 Group show, Beinart Gallery, Victoria, Austraila

2022  Untamed Splendor, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR

2021  50th Anniversary Exhibition (pt 2), Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia, WA

2021   An Anniversary Show, Harris/Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA

2021   Three Person Exhibit, Harris/Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA

2020   Animals, Birds & Wildlife 2020, Richeson75, Kimberly, WI (online exhibit)

2020   Fall Perspectives, Harris/Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA

2020   Three Person Exhibit, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR

2020   Unnaural Histories, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR

2020   Poison Garden, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR

2019   Small Works Exhibit, Harris/Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA

2019   Five and Under, Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA

2019   Small Works Exhibit, Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia, WA

2019   Going Dutch, FoodArt Gallery, Seattle, WA

2019   ARC Visions 2019, Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA

2019   13th International ARC Salon, MEAM Museum, Barcelona, Spain

2018   13th International ARC Salon, Sotheby’s, Los Angles, CA

2018   International Guild of Realism 13th Annual Juried Exhibition, Sugarman-Peterson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2018   13th International ARC Salon, Salmagundi Club, New York City, NY

2017   International Guild of Realism 12th Annual Juried Exhibition, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA

2016   45th Anniversary Small Works Exhibition, Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia, WA

2016  Small Works, Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA

2015  The CVG Show 2015, Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, WA

2015  Shadowbox, Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA

2014  Speakeasy, Aljoya Thorton Place, Seattle, WA

2009  The Artists of Artech, Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle, WA

2007  Northwest Exhibition, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007  Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Fenix Performance Arts Center, Seattle, WA

2006  Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA

2006  Crime Scene, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005  pARTners, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland WA, Curator: Deborah Paine

2005  Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Consolidated Works, Seattle WA

2005  Between East and West, Gas Gallery, Torino, Italy, (featured artist)

2004  Small, Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA

2004  Woman’s Funding Alliance Invitational, Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA

2004  Fundamentally Small, Atelier 31, Seattle, WA

2003  5th Annual All Media Exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C.

2003  Small Works Painting Exhibition, Avenue Art Gallery, Endicott, NY

2002  Nico Salon, Nico Gallery, Seattle, WA

2002  Blind Date, Oculus Gallery, Seattle, WA

2001  Soil Invitational, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2001  Metal-Urge, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA

2000  Portrayals, Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia, WA

2000  Lifelike, Oculus Gallery, Seattle, WA

2000  Figure, Semantics Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1999  Portraits & Still Lifes, Suzanna Terrill Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1999  Nude 99, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY

1998  Small Works Exhibition, Leeds Gallery, Earlham College, Richmond, IN

1997  Kaliedoscope, Suzanna Terrill Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1997  Miniature Art ’98, Chambersburg Council for the Arts, Chambersburg, PA

1996  19th Biannual Exhibition, South Bend Regional Art Museum, South Bend, IN

1996  Figure 15, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, KY

1996  Fusion, Carnegie Arts Center, Covington, KY

1996  Juried Invitational, Base Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Awards & Scholarships

2023  Honorable Mention, Still Life Category, 16th INternational Acr Salon Competition, Art Renewal Center

2022  Honerable Mention, 2022 Fall Online Showcase, Oil Painters of America

2020  Finalist, Members only competition, Animals as the Subject, Portrait Society of America, Tallahassee, FL

2019  Finalist, Members only competition, Animals as the Subject, Portrait Society of America, Tallahassee, FL

2018  5th Place, Members only competition, Animals as the Subject, Portrait Society of America, Tallahassee, FL

2018  Artist’s Choice Award, International Guild of Realism 13th Annual Juried Exhibition, Sugarman-Peterson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2018  Arcadia Contemporary Award & Honorable Mention, Art Renewal Center

2017  Creative Achievement, International Guild of Realism 12th Annual Juried Exhibition, Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA

2003  Best in Show, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1997  Wilder Traveling Scholarship, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

1996  Three Arts Scholarship Fund, Three Arts Scholarship Committee, Cincinnati, OH

1996  Tiger Lily Award, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

1996  Best in Show, Base Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

1995  Fisher Traditional Painting Award, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Lectures & Educational Experience

2005  Artist Lecture, Helen S. Smith Gallery, Green River Community College, Auburn, WA2003  Artist Lecture, Atelier 31 Gallery, Seattle, WA

2003  Artist Lecture, Olson Sundberg, Seattle, WA

2001  Visiting Artist, Drawing and Painting classes under Robert Jones, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

Publications

Keimig, Jasmyne, “The Pet Portrait Industry Is Booming”, The Stranger, print edition, 4/10-23/2019

Agricola, Kim, “Rebecca Luncan, Labors of love”, Southwest Art, print edition – 11/2018

The Art Renewal Center, ART RENEWAL CENTER (ARC) 13th International ARC Salon Catalog, co-published by ACC Art Books, Port Reading, NJ, 2018

Sugarman, Michael and Christie, “International Guild of Realism 13th Annual Juried Exhibition”, 2018

“Advancing Realism”, American Art Collector – 10/2017

The Art Renewal Center, ART RENEWAL CENTER (ARC) 12th International ARC Salon Catalog, 2017

Durslag, Haley, “Seattle Painter has a Love for Miniature Art”, Seattle Magazine, print edition – 4/2016

Hackett, Regina, “’pARTners’ looks at artist couples and how they influence each other”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer – 10/28/2005

Paine, Deborah, pARTners, exhibition catalogue – 11-12/2005

Catalani, Stefano, “Between East and West”, exhibition catalogue 12/2004

DeVuono, Frances, “Small at Chase Gallery”, Artweek – 7-8/2004

Gutner, Lisa, “Small can Be Beautiful”, Tacoma Reporter – 10/2001

Fisher, Bobbie, “New exhibit at Commencement Art Gallery”, Tacoma Weekly – 10/2001