InReview – June 2025
Kitchen Scrap Portraits Capture The Art Of Decay
by Sarah Herrmann 

“In a clever take on still life portraiture, artist Rebecca Whittemore magnifies the beauty of imperfection and age by transforming food waste into fine art at Gallery M.
Plump, glossy produce is the traditional subject of still life, but Rebecca Whittemore is more interested in what happens next, when the fruit and vegetables are chopped, their unwanted parts discarded and left to rot. There is also the before, when supermarkets throw away flawed goods before they can even hit the shelves. Her work reveals the beauty in what we discard and encourages us to reflect on wastefulness.”