REBECCA RIPPON

Hello! I'm an artist and art educator based in San Francisco. I received my MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and I was awarded the Cadogan Contemporary Art Award from the San Francisco Foundation for my graduate work. I'm a printmaker by training and create works on paper as well as digital illustrations. I'm inspired by the natural world and my work mostly revolves around plants and animals. I teach classes at the UC Berkeley Art Studio, Art School SF and San Francisco Art Institute's Public Education program... I grew up in Florida surrounded by lush nature. In my youngest years we lived next door to a couple who were both entomology professors at the University of Florida. They generously indulged my curiosity about the exotic plants they grew in a greenhouse, and filled my mind with interesting facts about the insects they studied. My lifelong love of nature was sparked then, and I have followed it ever since. I spent a few years in Texas and I found its beauty stunning,..