Rebecca Styles CV
My art practice stems from a deep reverence for the natural world.I have always had a kin ship with nature and as a landscape painter I seek to question that deep connection and create wild spaces that invite others to stand alone in quiet introspection.
In 2024 I spent a year long residency at Thorp Perrow Arboretum in North Yorkshire, documenting the shifts and cycles of the100 acre parkland throughout the seasons.This experience honoured me a first deep dive into a much loved subject. Painting trees and communing with the arboretum and forest habitat has now become an important part of my practice.
Becoming an associate member of the Arborealist group would bring a great deal of incentive to keep exploring the subject deeper. I am passionate about learning and love that the groups exhibitions are often based on collective research and trips to an area of interest.
I am currently studying sylvotherapy, the scientific study of the healing power of trees, the principles of which I hope to capture in my work. This may be something the group may find of interest should I be a successful candidate. I would be very happy to participate in the groups exhibitions and make new contacts with shared interests.I hope my work can offer a unique and individual style of painting a much beloved subject.
Solo Exhibitions
2025 A year at Thorp Perrow Arboretum, Solo exhibition 108 Fine Art Harrogate, North Yorkshire
2024 Hawthorn, Hedgerow and Heath - solo show, Whitewater Contemporary, Polzeath Cornwall
2023 Two weeks at the Cape - Solo show, Whitewater Contemporary, Polzeath, Cornwall
2022 Finding Lewis , Solo exhibition, Talla Na Mara, West Harris
2022 Alchemy, Two person exhibition with Heather Mackay Young, Timsagarry Gallery
2022 Bigger than us Solo exhibition, Grinneabhat Bragar, Isle Of Lewis
Selected group exhibitions
2025 Britten Pears Summer Contemporary, Snape Maltings, Suffolk
2025 The Ceilidh House, Baile na Cille, Uig Isle of Lewis Western Isles
2024 Art in conversation I'- A summer exhibition 108 Fine Art Harrogate
2024 Caroline Wiseman, Aldeburgh lookout arts club open
2023 Whitewater Contemporary, Polzeath virtual showcase
2023 the Jetty Gallery Oban Mixed summer exhibition
2022 An Talla Solais , On the Street - Flow Ullapool
2022 Broadway Festival Mystery Masters Auction, Cotswolds
2021 Hulabhaig Open winter show Uig Western Isles
2021 Society of Scottish Artists 30 x30 exhibition RSA Edinburgh
2021 Jetty Gallery, Oban - winter exhibition -mixed
2021 Little Buckland Gallery, Cotswolds - Littoral- mixed
2021 Coast Gallery , Dunbar - Changing tides -mixed
2021 Broadway Arts Festival finalist exhibition
2021 An Talla Solias members exhibition 2021
2021 Moy Mackay gallery Peebles - until sunrise - mixed
2020 Hulabaigh re-imagined Uig Summer exhibition
2020 Paisley Art Institute Annual exhibition
2020 Aberdeen Arts society Annual exhibition
2020 Creative Flow Edinburgh, Nature is you
2020 Talla na Mara, Harris, Island just giving
2016 Procession Stroud Centre for Art and Science
Residencies
2024 Artist in residence for 2024 Thorp Perrow Arboretum Bedale , North Yorkshire
2023 Brisons Veor - Cape Cornwall UK
2023 Casa Tagumerche - La Gomera , Canary Islands
2019 Finding Lewis - Outer Hebrides
Workshops , talks and demonstrations
2024 foraged earth pigment paint making, Thorp Perrow Arboretum, Bedale, North Yorkshire
2022 Mentorship with Louise Balaam
2022 paint making techniques Amhuinnsuidhe Castle, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides
Memberships
Elected Artist member of Paisley Art Institute
Associate member of Visual Arts Scotland
Artist member of SSA
Artist member An Talla Solais
Awards and Prizes
2023 Andrew Stewart Award shortlist winner
2021 Creative Scotland Open fund award for Individuals
2021 VACMA award Scotland
Education
Bradford College ND Foundation Art studies
Falmouth College BA Fine Art