Rebecca Daugherty is a painter living in Stonington, where her studio overlooks the harbor. She studied painting at Goddard College and printmaking at the University of Iowa, exhibiting and selling her work since 1988. While also working in ceramics, photography and printmaking, she considers herself a painter foremost.Orange Boat with Blue Stripe oil/canvas, 18" x 30"
Daugherty has often worked from a close perspective, honing-in on details to find recurring natural forms and unexpected compositions. She carries this approach to her broader views and work from the landscape, usually working in series of images exploring particular ideas or themes.
While living on the Greek island of Patmos, Daugherty began her close-up studies of fishing boats, often focusing on the waterline and reflection, creating tension with the arrangement of lines holding the boat to shore. She settled in Stonington to paint from the boats in its large, active fishing fleet, which she rows to in her home-built dinghy.