Rebecca Luncan is a classically trained oil painter celebrated for her intricate, lifelike portraits and still life paintings, often rendered on a miniature scale. Drawing inspiration from her upbringing on a small family farm, her work blends personal memory with the traditions of the Dutch Golden Age of painting. The plants, animals, and people in her everyday life in the Seattle area continue to shape her evolving subjects.
Using time-honored techniques dating back to the 16th century and the exceptionally durable medium of oil on metal, Luncan creates work with a sense of permanence and quiet intimacy. Her paintings balance contemporary relevance with historical depth, offering timeless reflections on beauty, care, and observation.
Luncan’s work has been exhibited internationally and she is represented by Harris/Harvey Gallery in Seattle. She was named an “Artist to Watch” by Southwest Art and has received numerous honors 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 and Two Person Exhibitions
2024 Recent Still Life, Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Vanitas, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 Into the Country, Gallery 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
2024 40th Anniversary Show, Harris/Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 Five and Under, Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY
2023 Joy – Floral and Botanical Studies, Harris/Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Small Works 2022, 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 Unnatural 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, WA
2003 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