Becky Deed – Landscape Artist

Becky Deed is a Texas artist who says painting “feeds my soul.” Becky primarily paints landscapes in oil and acrylic in an expressionistic style with bold use of color. She prefers painting with a palette knife to enrich the expression of color with texture.

Becky’s roots in art were formed at an early age. Her mother, Merle Still, was also an artist who taught china painting for many years. “My mother always wanted me to follow in her footsteps, but I didn’t enjoy the tedium and precision of china painting. I prefer a bolder approach to my art. My mother was creative and could make anything beautiful. She loved nature and gave me a true appreciation of seeing the beauty in nature.”

Becky is an honors graduate with a degree in art education from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. During college she painted mainly with acrylics. She liked the vivid colors and versatility of the medium. After graduation, she began focusing on her career in the aviation industry and was no longer actively painting.

About five years ago Becky took an oil painting class and it resurrected her love for painting. This is when she began painting with a palette knife and this influenced her style to become more expressionistic. Her travels have provided inspiration for her paintings.

Becky again took a hiatus from her art to care for her husband and mother during their fights with cancer. Returning to painting has provided healing with renewed focus on her art.

Becky is a member of the Grapevine Art Project (GAP). Her paintings have been represented in the Gordon Phillips Gallery and in several private collections in Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas. You can contact her at bdeed@yahoo.com

My latest artwork

Tuscan Villa - Oil on Canvas

This Tuscan Villa is one of my favorites painted in Oil on canvas using a palette knife.

Tranquility - Oil on Canvas

Tranquility is a seascape flowing with life and vitality, painted in Oil on canvas using a palette knife.