Becca is a self-taught surface embroidery artist living in Northern Virginia.

An artist since childhood, Becca’s youth was also filled with accomplishments in sports and music. She studied psychology at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, where she also played on the varsity golf team, studied Mandarin, performed in theater productions, managed the school radio station, and studied abroad in Sweden. In every place she explored, Becca loved to take in the art, culture, and architecture of the location, and found ways to develop creatively.

After graduation and a career coaching NCAA golf in Laredo, Texas, Becca turned her focus to fulfilling her childhood dream of being a full-time artist in 2022. She began with comissioned works in a multitutde of mediums, such as digital art, toy design, knit and crochet, and paint.

Her interest in needlecraft started as a hobby during the COVID pandemic of 2020. She began to play with the craft, leaning upon skills developed with other mediums. As she did, it quickly became her specialty, winning top awards at her very first nation-wide needlepoint show.

Honoring her love of folk fiber handicrafts, Becca’s painterly use of thread imbues her portraits, still life compositions, and original drawings with whimsical texture and soul. Her pieces delight in cherished things and memories, whether it be a collection of unique items, candid phone photos, or found treasures from childhood.

Since 2023, Becca has been building a series of highly detailed studies of her souvenir thimble collection, painted entirely in thread. This project has become a retrospective, inviting viewers to be curious about how the items in childhood environments shape adult identities, as well as an exploration of the self and tourism.

She lives outside Washington, D.C., with her family and works out of her home studio. When not creating art, Becca is a substitute elementary teacher and is never without her sketch pad for doodling the things around her.