Becca Mulenburg - painter of birds. Paints exclusively from personal experience, oil is her favorite medium. She's been juried into Birds in Art (Woodson Art Museum), has sold internationally, and won numerous awards. She's been painting for over 15 years.
Personal Data Currently lives and works in Duluth, Minnesota. Hometown New London, Wisconsin. Spark bird: Eastern Whip-poor-will. Runner-up spark bird: Eastern Wood-Pewee.
Education Bachelor of Science, Journalism, Honors, University of Wisconsin at Madison. As an artist, self-taught. Does that bother you?
Interests The environment, forests, birds and photography. Environmental interests include controlling/eradicating invasive plants (especially common tansy and buckthorn) and planting natives at her home. Over 490 native trees and shrubs planted to date include white and jack pines, white and red oaks, silver, red and sugar maples, peach leaf willows, hackberry, butternuts, black cherry, false indigo, highbush cranberries, pin cherries, elderberries, milkweed and more. Concentrated reading on the scientific study of birds. Supporter of dark skies, unkept lawns, weedy ditches, and pollinators. UMD women's hockey fan.
The Duluth, Minnesota Connection: Becca's mother was born in Duluth, Minnesota and lived her very early years there before her father's employer, US Steel, transferred the family to Virginia, Minnesota, on account of World War II.
Thoughts from the artist Thank you collectors. Works shown on my website are not exhaustive. I shy away from art galleries and don’t enter a lot of shows. Are you interested in a work? Have you seen a painting on my website but it's no longer there? I may still have it. Feel free to contact me.
Note: The only internet presences I am affiliated with and whose contents I am personally responsible for are beccamulenburg.com, beccamulenburg.blogspot.com and my etsy store. Any other site is not affiliated with me in any way. Please be aware. Etsy occasionally advertises, so my work may be on other sites through them.