General Artist Statement

Rebecca Eilering is an artist that migrates between printmaking, painting and drawing. She works intuitively with line, shape and color to create abstractions of the process of exploration. All the work she creates is based on the results of exploring, is made directly from the act of exploring or is created from tools that would be used by someone traveling or exploring a new place.

The water towers are a result of exploring all areas of Madison County, IL. It required going out and finding them. Sometime they are very visible and other time it requires going to more remote places and exploring places I normally do no go to.

The GPS project is drawn by me as I drive, walk, bike or ride as I go about my general day-to-day activities. How it works is that I use a handheld GPS device and turn it on as I leave my house. I keep it with me and it records all my movements. When I get back home I save the route and turn off the device. When the month is over or when I have used up all the space on the device I upload it into my computer and then put together a drawing.

The map drawings are more random and loose. I use the map as my base and then draw what comes to mind or what I see. I see maps as a tool of not just getting around but as a tool for imagination. In addition, the place on the map and then the drawing form a disconnect. One might expect a drawing on Washington state be something related to that place but more than likely the drawing has nothing to do with that place.