Akhenaten

Considered to be a radical reformist pharaoh, his wife Nefertiti, and his successor, Tutankhamen, ruled Egypt in the Amarna Age (1353-1336 BC). This bas relief and Rebecca’s earlier work, Sargon, both show the influence of her training with the former National Sculptor of Egypt, Mustapha Naguib.

Rebecca’s Egyptian bronze sculptures of Akhenaten were used at The Chicago Opera House during the presentation of Mary Zimmerman’s production “Akhenaten,” By Philip Glass. At the same time, an exhibit on an Akhenaten was displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago, Pharaohs of the Sun.

Bronze Bas Relief
41” x 41”

Medicine Pony

This work began from an incised and punctuated design on a 12th to 16th-century Florida Gulf Coast pottery shard. The horse was reintroduced into America by the Europeans and became a major part of many Native American cultures. The idea that the horse freed the Native American imagination and gave mobility to both ideas and people.

Bronze
Height:  41” x 41”

Sargon

Sargon reflects the artist’s strong interest in Middle Eastern art and her training with former National Sculptor of Egypt, Mustapha Naguib. Sargon was a warrior king (circa 2340 BC). By conquest he established a great empire that included the whole of Mesopotamia. Shown here in bas relief, the artist imagines him powerful, cruel and charismatic.

Bronze Bas Relief
41” x 30”

Queen Hatshepsut

This sculpture is dominated by a single mass of amethyst crystal placed in the forehead to symbolize the mind and thoughts behind this determined ruler. The vulture in one eye and the serpent in the other which symbolizes Upper and Lower Egypt, the two halves of the ancient kingdom of Egypt. As a woman in those times, she should not have been able to rule as Pharaoh. This was an exclusively male role throughout Egyptian history.

Bronze
Height: 4’ x 5’

Jaguar Child

First represented by the Olmec Civilization of Central America more than two thousands years ago, the Jaguar Child was born from the union of a woman and a jaguar, and was thought to be a semi-divine being. This work represents the union of the spiritual world with our everyday reality.

Fiberglass
First first photo, green patina
Second photo, gold patina with Raffia
45” x 45”