Becky McFall is a DC artist who specializes in Portraiture, Mixed Media, Mobiles, and Biology-Inspired Art. Her work often uses natural and recycled materials. She uses her experience as a former art teacher to inform her work, having used a wide variety of artmaking techniques, from batik to repoussage, from ceramics to oils. She challenges herself to work outside her comfort zone, experimenting with combining materials as well as exploring three-dimensional space. She aims for her art to be thought provoking, especially as she delves into the unseen wonders within the natural world, working from microscopic photography and biology texts. 

I am unceasingly in a state of wonder.

My constant search for knowledge has been one of the foundations of my work. I have a deep love for sciences and the arts, and yet I know I have barely scratched the surface of what a person can know or understand in these subjects. I am guided by my visual cortex. As I move through the world I notice tiny details around me. Color triggers intense reactions; I am attracted to a tiny spot of cobalt or bright orange, or turquoise. I marvel at the light bouncing off a surface - it stops me in my tracks as I wonder at the scientific laws and processes that produce this vision.  Sometimes I notice too much visually, and it distracts me from more pressing things. I have taught students of all ages, and I relish the opportunity to catch someone in a moment of amazement, realization, or satisfied accomplishment. I love to be outdoors and teach others about the beauty of nature and the remarkable, simultaneous, singularity and interconnectivity of each organism. I never shy away from admitting that I know nothing about a subject, as it motivates me to seek out more information. My only limit is time, and the vastness of my interests. A person can only absorb and retain so much, after all. And what demands my attention from one moment, one day to another, may not be what I have the time to pursue. As it is, I try to experiment and challenge myself daily, and I hope that my work represents these values.

WHY UNFILTERED? What I see as a defining flaw and an endearing quality (hopefully, at least sometimes) is my overall lack of a filter. I tend to be brutally honest. I have found much of my work to fall under this description. I try to represent things accurately in form, features, and feeling. I use natural and recycled materials in my mixed media work and mobiles, honoring their raw state.  My goal is that the viewer will be affected in some way by my work and come away having experienced something true.