Becca Mulenburg 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, planting native plants, birds and photography. Supporter of dark skies, unkept lawns, weedy ditches, and pollinators. Invasive plant eradication.
The Duluth, Minnesota Connection: Becca's mother was born in Duluth and lived her very early years there before her father's employer, Oliver Iron Mining Company/US Steel, transferred the family to Virginia, MN, 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/Gallery Affiliations (past/present):
The Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society of Washington, D.C.
MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
The Mansion at Strathmore, Rockville, MD
Edge Center, Bigfork, MN
Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
Main Street Gallery, Cedarburg, WI
Plymouth Arts Center, Plymouth, WI
Gallery 224, Port Washington, WI
Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
Janet Carson Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
The Arts Mill, Grafton, WI
New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
Wolf River Art League, New London, WI
Waters of Superior, Duluth, MN
Laura Nohr Gallery, Platteville, WI
Mosquito Hill Art Gallery, New London, WI
Recent Awards:
2022 MacRostie – 1st Place and People's Choice
2022 Edge Center – Best of Show
2020 Wolf River Art League – 3rd Place
2019 MacRostie – 2nd Place
2018 Wolf River Art League – Honorable Mention
2017 MacRostie – People's Choice
2016 Arrowhead Biennial – Hon. Mention
...and more, inquire if interested.
Supporters:
Bethany Lutheran College, MN
Duluth Trading Company, WI
Geraghty O'Loughlin & Kenney, P.A., MN
Port Washington State Bank, WI
