Becca Mulenburg - painter of birds. Paints exclusively from personal experience, oil is her favorite medium. She's been juried into Birds in Art and more, has sold internationally, and won numerous awards. She's been painting for over 15 years.
Personal Data Resides in Duluth, Minnesota. Spark bird: Eastern Whip-poor-will, whose song she fell asleep to on hot summer nights as a child. Runner-up spark bird: Eastern Wood-Pewee, who sang on the hottest of summer days when doing chores in her dad's garden was not optional.
Education Bachelor of Science, Journalism, Honors, University of Wisconsin at Madison. As an artist, self-taught.
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 500 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.
The Duluth, Minnesota Connection: Becca's mother was born in Duluth, Minnesota and lived her very early years there before her father's employer, Oliver Iron Mining Company, 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.
Art Affiliations:
The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.
Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, Minnesota
Note: The only internet presences affiliated with the artist and whose contents she is personally responsible for are beccamulenburg.com, beccamulenburg.blogspot.com and her etsy store. Any other site has no affiliation. Please be aware. Etsy occasionally advertises, so the artist's work may be on other sites through them.
