The Fine Art of Trudy Bentley Rech:
Paintings, drawings and limited edition digital images
Biography
Trudy Bentley Rech studied painting and drawing at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. At the American Academy, Trudy was awarded the prestigious William H. Mosby scholarship. She studied under the guidance of Joseph VandenBroucke; a graduate of the Superior Institute in Antwerp, and Irving Shapiro, AWS. She also studied fine art and art history at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan with Urban Institute for Contemporary Art cofounder, Ronald G. Watson, MFA.
Trudy was born in Chicago in 1947. She began painting very early at age 3 under the watchful eye of her father, who also loved to paint and draw. She consistently won awards for her art work during her childhood and teen years. As a result of her achievements, she enrolled in the American Academy of Art even while still in high school.
Trudy’s art career faced a number of interruptions but gave her opportunity to do some medical and biological illustrations as a nurse and naturalist. Her re-emergence as a full time fine artist began the summer of 2001. Since then she has worked in a wide variety of media, recently concentrating in traditional oil painting. Known for her colorful painterly figurative work, she equally enjoys exploring the natural environment and still life. She has exhibited in Illinois, Michigan and in Florida. Her work appears in private collections throughout the United States. Trudy is represented by Bridges a Gallery of Fine Art in St. Charles, Illinois.
Selected Florida Exhibitions since 2005
- Multiple juried shows at Rookery Bay Estuarine Preserve Environmental Learning Center.
- Trudy’s work has been featured in Barnes and Noble Bookstore at the Waterside Mall, Naples.
- In November 2006 she showed in a two person exhibit at the City of Naples, Norris Center November, 2006.
- Her work appears in an ongoing exhibit supporting the Arts in Healing program at Naples Community Hospital.
- In the spring of 2007, The Falciglia Gallery on the Naples Campus of International College (Hodges University) featured Trudy in a solo exhibition.
- Marco Island Executive Airport also featured Trudy’s work in a three month single person exhibition in the spring and summer of 2007.
Trudy is a member of Oil Painters of America, United Arts Council, and the Naples Art Association. She is a Certified Florida Master Naturalist.
Both the artist and her work were profiled in the December 2006 issues of the Naples Journal and the Pelican Bay Journal
Artist’s Statement:
Finding a special moment in time or unique perspective is part of my drive.
My work is all about seizing time with pigment.
As an intensely visual person with a huge curiosity about the arts as well as the life sciences, I like to connect to the natural world in my work on multiple levels.
For example, when my subject is a person, it is my mission to look beyond the physical shell in order to find a connection with the personality of the subject. I find great joy when that unique spark of the person is captured on canvas. The natural environment challenges me to explore special ephemeral moments with my brush. Ever changing skies are especially inspiring.
Painting becomes my dance inspired by vision: actualized by my own muscles and bones.
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Trudy also teaches workshops in Plein Air painting.
Contact Trudy for more information about workshops or seminars in still life, and figurative/portraiture.
Newspaper review of work: [My Paint of View by Trudy Bentley Rech] Critics Picks
| Still Life | Drawings | Landscape and Nature | Portraits |
| Abstract and experimental | Limited edition digital images | Figure studies and nudes | NEW WORK |
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