REK Design

Ruth Kapcia is a painter, visual merchandiser, retail designer, and marketing professional originally from Michigan and now calls Washington home. Ruth studied at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, and during the pandemic, set out to create a new body of work and started pursuing gallery representation and local art shows. Her oil pastels and paintings explore “landscapes” or spatial relationships and are often inspired by nature, her travels, the PNW, and/or her vivid imagination. The work of the Impressionists and Abstract Expressionists resonates strongly with Ruth. Frequent visits to art museums and galleries throughout her life inspired her admiration for art from a young age. Also, they inspired her love of thick paint application and layering - creating visual interest up close and from far away. Her paintings also explore the relationships between color, texture, and motion using different techniques. Her oil pastels used to start with smooth, large strokes and flat textures, but over the years, they’ve progressively evolved into imagery with more complex layering of color and texture for a more 3D effect. Ruth’s recent work explores expansive brush strokes and color palettes, exploring how these elements work together (or against each other) to create energy and produce distinctive imagery. Ruth’s work targets engagement with the viewer. It guides an exploration of their interpretations, helping the audience connect more personally with the piece rather than the artist dictating a specific viewpoint. While some of Ruth’s imagery might be self-explanatory, others are left to the interpretation and imagination of the witness.

2023
NEW WORK: Oil Pastels
2023
Morning Glory
2023
Ruby Grapefruit Sunrise
2023
Cool Evening
2023
I5 Sunset
2023
Bright Lights
2023
Night Sky Tapestry
2023
Winter Mountain
2023
Winter Sky
2023
Crisp Fall Day
2023
Fall Hills
2023
Winter View
2023
Reprieve
2023
Solitude at Dusk
2023
Just Say Ahhh...
2023
OIL PASTELS
2023
Redwoods
2023
December Sky
2023
Spring Evening
2023
Mystic
2023
Nisqually Hills
2023
Mirror Lake
2023
Nisqually
2023
Approaching Storm
2023
Olympic Sunset
2023
Olympics on Fire
2023
Oil Paint on Canvas
2023
Ponds
2023
Loop De Loop
2023
Pink Explosion
2023
Pretty in Pink
2023
Intersection
2023
Southwest
2023
Intersection
2023
Lights, Camera, Action
2023
Busy Street
2023
Underwater at Night
2023
Coral Reef
2023
Explosion in Space
2023
Core
2023
Nisqually Marsh
2023
Biography
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