When Rebecca starts a mixed media collage she rarely knows what it is going to turn out to be. She works intuitively and without reference and is interested in building up textures with her materials and creating a series of layers that reveal the history of each one’s application. Often a collage is painted over, scraped off and reapplied in a new form. The repeated constructing and destroying and recreating builds a rich surface. The pieces are often finished with details, sometimes whimsical, always with attention to the subtle beauty of the mark. She uses watercolor paper, Thai and Yupo papers, tissue and rice paper with acrylics, inks, chalk and oil pastels, charcoal, colored pencil, oil paint and cold wax medium.