May’s Featured Artist – Bekah Ash
Bekah Ash is a contemporary painter who has created hundreds of fictional portraits with oil on canvas since 2003 after graduating from the University of Iowa with a degree in Art and honors in Art Education.
Her work is identified by strong yet graceful, black contour lines that define the faces she creates, while harmonious and vibrant use of color fill the space in ways that are often unexpected, giving Ash a distinct style and flair in her work. Working on around thirty pieces at a time, she captures the fast, gesture momentum she creates with her brush, always with an openness to make mistakes, knowing that these will eventually build beautiful layers creating a unique background of colors.