At times disjointed, Rebecca Storm’s paintings are like intrusive thoughts. She paints to understand the psyche, jarring the subconscious through contrasting scenes. Referencing her own photography, as well as a more collective visual vernacular, her surrealistic paintings harmonize disparate subject matter for the purpose of studying the tension between them; intimating a new, relational milieu. The resulting painted dialogue compels recontextualization of an image’s significance, mimicking our memory’s inclination for subconscious distortion.

Inspired by tenebrism, and with respect to her experience as a photographer, Storm is equally interested in capturing the light. Not only through her practical application and removal of paint, but metaphorically, too; endeavoring to explore and understand contemporary sociocultural and psychological conundrums through her work.