Rebecca Carrozza – portfolio

Contact the artist

https://www.Rebecca-Carrozza.co.uk

Rebeccacarrozza.paint[at]gmail.com

Exhibition information

From 2nd-4th & 9-10th May, I will exhibit, ‘Inspired by Springline’, for the first time in Oxfordshire Artweeks. You can find my work alongside landscape painter Anna Dillon and photographer Hedley Thorne at Anna’s Studio in Aston Tirrold. One of my paintings, from The Springline Project, depicting Cholsey Church from beyond the railway line, has been selected to be the cover of the Artweeks brochure.

My upcoming exhibition will present recent work which is a personal extension to The Springline Project, exploring landscape and nature, with a particular focus on water. These themes appear in intimate oil paintings and mixed‑media sketches where I continue to explore local scenes along the Springline walk bringing my time spent outdoors into a beautiful, intimate indoors exhibition space for people to engage and enjoy.

The Springline Project—funded by Mend the Gap—was a collaboration between local ecologists and artists Anna Dillon and myself . Through public events, data collection, and art‑making activities over the course of a year, it engaged residents of the Astons and Cholsey with local wildlife and creativity. In 2024–2025, Anna and I created a large‑scale oil painting inspired by the landscapes and ecology along the Springline route, which follows public footpaths bordering chalk streams, ditches, and winter brooks. The final piece comprises ten one‑metre‑square panels featuring scenes from the route and species found during the different seasons, and will very soon be permanently displayed in Cholsey Pavilion.

 

Artist information

I embrace the hands‑on, analogue processes I love. For me, Sketching is like going to the “visual gym”—a practice that sharpens observation and brings meaning to any subject. It is essential to my painting practice. I often sketch during everyday moments, and love using my car as a warm winter studio. I have a strong belief in experimentation and in finding a personal relationship with materials.

Anything I paint, I want to experience in real life, which is why being outdoors in nature walking, sketching and soaking up the atmosphere is part of my practice. I believe it’s difficult to truly express something unless you’ve experienced it first-hand and this belief follows- through to how I think art should be experienced too.

Painting has to be seen in real life to be properly experienced. When you see a painting in real life, the light, the textures, the scale and the painter’s experience talk
to you.

I have painted since childhood and always intended to pursue an artistic career. After nearly twenty years as a graphic designer at Oxford University Press, I have recently transitioned to painting full‑time, encouraged by the experience gained through The Springline Project and the opportunity provided by a voluntary redundancy.