Contemporary Art by Sheela Becton
Healing and Uplifting
Artist Statement
As a mixed media artist, my work is rooted in the belief that humanity and nature are intrinsically connected—threads woven into the fabric of a greater, unified whole.
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My journey through cancer has profoundly shaped my art, infusing it with a narrative of survival, renewal, and transformation. Birds, Trees, and natural forms often appear as symbols of freedom and healing.
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My art honors feminine strength not only as an abstract ideal but as a deeply personal truth shaped by my own journey. Each piece is both a celebration and a reclamation of that power.
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My Indian heritage infuses my work with spiritual symbolism, rich color palettes, and ancestral narratives. I seek to bridge the ancient and the contemporary, the personal and the universal—allowing my identity to flow freely between tradition and transformation.
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In each creation, I aim to offer a space for reflection, healing, and remembrance. My work invites viewers to reconnect—with themselves, with the Earth, and with the timeless rhythms that bind us all.
Artist Bio
Sheela Becton is a mixed media artist who lives in Maryland. She is a survivor and storyteller whose work explores the quiet strength of the feminine spirit, the healing rhythm of nature, and the ancestral wisdom woven into everyday life.
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Her art is shaped by the quiet strength of the feminine, the healing rhythm of nature, and the resilience found in life’s most tender chapters. After facing cancer, she returned to her creative path not just to make art—but to reclaim joy and meaning. Each piece she creates is both a whisper and a roar: a reminder that beauty can bloom even from broken ground.
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“My art honors feminine strength not only as an abstract ideal but as a deeply personal truth shaped by my own journey. Each piece is both a celebration and a reclamation of that power.”
Her art is an invitation to explore the universal themes of harmony, balance, and interconnectedness that transcend cultural boundaries. She uses materials like recycled burlap, organic jute, dried flowers, textured fiber, upcycled Sari’s, in her creations.
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Sheela had her first solo Exhibit in 2022 and since then has been juried into various group exhibits in and around Maryland. Sheela’s painting Golden Forest won second place in people’s choice awards at the First Friday gallery and she was also nominated for Baltimore magazine readers poll in the Visual Arts space.