Rebecca Koury "Reflection of the Moon" Gold Pearl Moon Contemporary Abstract, Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas, Carmel California Art, 2026

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Metal leaf catches the light unevenly across this pearlescent oval, so the surface shifts between warm gold and pale cream … Read more Metal leaf catches the light unevenly across this pearlescent oval, so the surface shifts between warm gold and pale cream as you move past it, never quite settling into one fixed color. Set against a warm ivory ground, the effect is closer to mother-of-pearl than paint, a quiet shimmer rather than a shout.
Because the piece genuinely changes throughout the day as natural light moves across it, it rewards a spot near a window, an entry, hallway, or breakfast nook, where that shift can actually be seen and enjoyed.

Rebecca Koury is a contemporary painter based in Monterey, California, whose luminous, richly layered abstractions draw on the textures, colors, and rhythms of the natural world. She earned her BA from the University of Missouri, Kansas City and her MFA in sculpture, with a minor in art history, from the University of Texas at Austin. That sculptural training still shows in her paintings: she builds her canvases in dimensional layers of acrylic, metal leaf, and mixed media, working intuitively to create surfaces that read as both painted and constructed, letting structure and organic form hold each other in balance.

Koury's work is held in corporate and private collections across the country and abroad, including the Bellagio and Aria Resort in Las Vegas, the Ritz-Carlton Dubai, UCSF Medical Center, and the Waldorf Astoria Orlando, and she has shown in solo exhibitions at the Monterey Museum of Art and galleries throughout the Central Coast. She continues to paint from her studio in Monterey, drawing on patterns from fabric, ancient ruins, written language, and the shoreline just beyond her door. See less