Rebecca Tunks
Digital Collage · Photomontage · Local Vision
Rebecca Tunks is a conceptual artist based in Scarborough, Western Australia. Her creative practice is rooted in photography and digital collage, through which she layers images to explore the overlooked details of the landscapes we live in. Her art investigates memory, identity, and the visual codes embedded in our environments.
Evolution of Her Work
Historically, Rebecca’s “Art of Travel” series has taken us on a journey: compiling architectural fragments, signs, doors, windows and other typologies from places like China, Australia, Portugal, India, Hong Kong and beyond. These works consider the shared symbols of civilisation — how built forms and everyday objects connect us across cultures.
Recently, Rebecca has turned her lens more locally. She is increasingly focusing on familiar places — capturing the light, flora and emotional texture of Scarborough, WA, and the cultivated gardens of Kings Park. Her “Flower Writings in Kings Park” series reimagines the structured flowerbeds of Kings Park Education Centre into dreamlike forms, inviting contemplation of how we nurture, shape, and mirror nature.
Themes & Approach
- Local vs Global: Although her early work was wide-ranging geographically, Rebecca’s shift toward local motifs adds intimacy—capturing the essence of her home ground and the immediate natural and urban environment around her.
- Memory & Identity: Her photomontages often function as layered memories — parts of places, textures, light and objects become woven together to reflect not just what we see, but how we feel about place.
- Nature & Structure: Particularly in her more recent work, such as the Kings Park series, there is a compelling tension between geometric order and organic growth — between what humans design, and what grows of its own accord.
Local Highlights
- Scarborough, WA: Rebecca captures the people, sunsets, community, and the rhythms of daily life in Scarborough. The Show Me Love works are grounded in intimate moments at Sun Set Hill in Scarborough.
- Kings Park: In Flower Writings in Kings Park, familiar botanical forms are reinterpreted with surreal and romantic sensibilities. The garden beds, the foliage, light and composition invite viewers to see the cultivated landscape anew.
Why It Matters
Rebecca’s art encourages us to slow down and notice — the texture of a flower petal, the pattern of a window frame, or the interplay of sunlight across concrete. By turning her attention locally, she invites us into a more intimate, personal kind of viewing — one where place becomes more than backdrop; it becomes collaborator.
