Rebekah Lowell Surface Pattern Design Portfolio

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ABOUT ME Hi! I’m Rebekah Lowell

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Hello, I’m Rebekah— an author, illustrator, and surface pattern designer from Maine. I love creating artwork inspired by the natural world, while considering how we humans interact with the wild spaces around us. Projects that evoke a sense of wonder, or invite a closer look, are especially appealing. I work in both traditional and digital media. When I’m not in my studio, I’m rescuing wild birds, raising monarchs, gardening, and spending time outside with my family.

CONTACT

rebekah@rebekahlowell.com

www.rebekahlowell.com 207-512-0093

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STUDIES 2020 - 2021

Surface Pattern Design Immersion with Bonnie Christine

2014 -2019

MFA, Hollins University

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BFA, Rhode Island School of Design

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E X E R I E N C E & E VE N T S 2021

Maine Audubon’s ‘Brush with Nature’ juried plein air event.

2021 - present

author/illustrator at Doubleday Books for Young Readers/ Random House

2020-present

The Andrea Brown Literary Agency

2019 - present

author/illustrator at Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Random House

2011, 2014, 2017, 2020

Maine Duck Stamp Artist

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Surface Pattern Design

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THE ROAD

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TO AFTER

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WILD &

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FREE

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EMERGE

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THANK YOU

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From struggle comes growth, and in this collection, Rebekah illustrates the

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duality through natural elements such as darkness and light, thorns and blooms, confinement and freedom. Inspired by her novel in verse, THE ROAD TO AFTER, this collection reminds us that on the other side of a storm is the sun, and on the other side of pain is renewal.

HERO PRINTS

tiger lily

fly free

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thorns past

winding road

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C O O R D I N AT E PRINTS

poetry

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In these coordinate prints, Rebekah seeks to epxress a side of nature that often goes overlooked. There is beauty in overcoming a struggle and hope is always through the clouds. last drop of rain

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BLENDER PRINTS

light

Blender prints can soften the collection and bring a unified feeling.

a stione’s throw

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behind the ivy wall

sharp green points

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A WRITER Rebekah likes ot explore outside whenever she can and bring that inspiration into the studio. The Road to After was also inspired by her

middle grade novel in verse, releasing with Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin in May, 2022.

I N S P I R AT I O N Freedom Growth Healing

nature

M AT E R I A L S pen, charcoal, pencil, watercolor, ink

TOOLS Adobe Illustrator iPad, Procreate © Rebekah Lowell Creative Studio 2021


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A field of wildflowers, birds, and butterflies is a never-ending playground and world of wonder. In this collection, Rebekah reimagines her childhood spent in grasses taller than she was. In the field that waves with the wind, many critters find a home, and it is home for her heart.

bobolinks

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W O N D E R , E X P L O R E , WA N D E R

cow vetch

Soft and gentle details.

buttercups

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imagine

To lay back in a field and look up at the sky,

imagining what the clouds could be is happiness. www.rebekahlowell.com


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deer ones

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through the trees

trout lilies

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Bluets

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Field

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wonder

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A butterfly can only earn their wings after struggle. Each summer I rescue, raise, and release monarchs— my highest number so far, being 154 in 2020. This conservation project for me is part of a mission to help the monarch’s plight for survival because their journey from egg to winged wonder is fraught with peril, but it is also because witnessing metamorphosis is healing for me. As a survivor of abuse, the monarch butterfly speaks to my heart and gives me hope and strength. Below is a poem I wrote from a monarch’s of view.

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winged woinders

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Emerge by Rebekah Lowell I emerge, crawl,

and nibble milkweed. I molt,

and grow

on the leaves

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until I spin a silk anchor

to grasp while I change, upside down,

into a quiet cloak— my chrysalis,

where I wait. Outside

I look still, but inside,

I’m lacing together, into something new. I emerge, free.

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caterpillar stripe

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COSMOS

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WILD ASTERS

MONARCH BOUQUET

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M I G R AT I O N

A LABOR O F L OVE

Rebekah rescued and released 415 monarchs in 2021 alone.

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EMERGE

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milkweed leaves

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T R A N S F O R M AT I O N

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C O L O RWAY 2

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F R O M S KY T O S C A R F

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F O LL O W M E

instagram.com/rebekahlowell facebook.com/rebekahlowellart twitter.com/rebekahlowell

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Thank you Let’s create together.

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with love from Rebekah

207-512-0093 rebekah@rebekahlowell.com


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