Rebecca Stebbins lives and paints near Santa Barbara, California. She learned to paint in France in a field of sunflowers, and she has been painting ever since, seeking to recapture the delight of that experience in the landscapes around her home near the coastal town of Carpinteria. Rebecca seeks to capture her subject and simplify it with brushstrokes, evoking the essential qualities of mountains, ocean, fields of grass, or flowers in a vase.

In addition to painting en plein air and in the studio, she participates in public art projects. For 3 years, she has created chalk paintings at the renowned I Madonnari festival at the Santa Barbara Mission. In 2007, she painted an 8-foot long steelhead trout sculpture for a public art installation in Santa Barbara.

Rebecca teaches art at The Howard School and the Carpinteria Family School. She is on the board of SCAPE (Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment), and belongs to the Santa Barbara Art Association and the Carpinteria Valley Arts Council. Born in Seattle, raised in the midwest, and educated on the east coast, she has lived in Santa Barbara County for 25 years. While painting at home, she dreams of travel, which she does as often as possible. She is looking forward to returning to France for another painting adventure this summer.

Rebecca Stebbins