About Rebecca Gallant - Web Designer and Fine Artist

In my family I have an artistic mother, father and grandmother - so the ability gallops through my heritage. I started at a very young age drawing and painting. My family, friends and school teachers were always very supportive.

However, when I graduated high school in 1987, I was under the misconception that you couldn't make any real money as an artist. I went to Fitchburg State College as a Psychology major. But then I changed majors to Communications, then Graphic Design. Finally I changed schools to U. Mass Lowell and majored in Fine Art. My total college attendance spanned six years, but because of my constant changes in majors, I didn't get to complete my degree before the money ran out. It was at that moment that I realized that one doesn't actually need a degree in art to be a professional artist. One only needs a good portfolio.

It was my intention at first to pursue a career as a fine artist. I wanted to design book jacket covers and do other creative commission work. I attended many art shows, won numerous awards and gained much recognition. However, as I started becoming established in the fine arts field, I found I was unhappy. It prevented me from creating my own personal pieces of art. I was so busy with commission work, I had no time for any of my own ideas.

In 1997, I decided to change paths and pursue a career in web designing. This afforded me the opportunity to still have a creative job, and allowed me to express my own artistic creativity with my fine art. I am a self taught web designer and I currently work full time at home in lovely Londonderry, New Hampshire. You can view my fine art on-line here.

Current hobbies include fencing, painting, drawing and role-playing. I'm married to a wonderful, loving and creative husband. No kids as yet, but my two cats fill that role quite well.

Questions?
E-mail me: Rebecca Gallant
Address: 37 Bluff St., Salem, NH 03079
Phone: (603) 230-2485
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