Rebecca Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
I create hand drawn black and white art using skeletons, I reveal life without masks or flesh, just the soul beneath. My drawings mix comic style with raw emotion, turning struggles and survival into stories that connect deeply without needing words
My practice focuses on life experiences using skeletons at the heart of the story. By removing flesh, masks and filters, I strip life back to its bare. In figures with hollow eyes, that laugh despite the ruin. Although people think of death with skeletons, death for me is not an end, but a way to tell the truth without distraction. My art isn't about decay, but what it survives.
I like to explore themes of struggle, survival and resilience, often touching on mental health and hardship. My comic inspired style helps soften these heavy subjects, making them easier to approach while still carrying emotional depth.
The aim is for people not only to admire the drawings visually but also to feel their meaning, without needing words.
I work with traditional materials such as pencil, fine liners, and grey ProMarkers. I avoid digital tools. This slow, physical process gives my art personal depth and presence, with every mark intentional.
Through my art, I want to create work that sparks recognition, invites empathy, and tells stories of life’s lows and highs in a way that is both striking and human.
Welcome to my art journey.
Artwork
The streets are cold, Pencil, black fine liner pens, grey pro markers, chrome paint pen, 2018
DJ pull it up, Pencil, black fine liner pens, grey pro markers, 2018
Lost in Lisbon, Pencil, black fine liner, grey pro markers, yellow paint pen, 2018
Covid-19, Pencil, black fine liner pen,, grey pro markers, sharpie black pen, 2020
I read books to escape reality, Pencil, black fine liner pen, whitempaint pen, grey pro markers, sharpie black pen, 2025
A break in nature, Pencil, black fine liner pen, white paint pen, grey pro markers, sharpie black pen, 2025
Sitting on a broken dream, Pencil, black fine liner pen, grey pro markers, sharpie black pen, 2025
Life of leisure , Pencil, black fine liner pen, grey paint pen, grey pro markers, sharpie black pen, 2023
On a planet full of people, yet in darkness I sit alone., Pencil, black fine liner pens, grey pro markers, black sharpies, 2023
On The Road Again, Pencil, black fine liner, grey pro markers, white paint pen, black sharpie, 2025
Projects and exhibitions
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Wish you were here!03/07/2025 — 26/07/2025 "Asking you to reflect with a theme of remembrance. Your artwork could be inspired by a memory of a person or a place, a recollection of something past or present, or simply a feeling of nostalgia" |
Chapel Arts Studio, Andover | Details |
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Hiding in the night of a concrete jungle26/07/2024 — 31/10/2024 Biennial art competition will, showcasing the best regional art in our award-winning gallery. The Harley Open 2022 showed 125 pieces of art made by 118 different artists, all living and working within 100 miles of the gallery. |
The Harley Open 2024, Worksop | Details |