Rebecca Winkle Solarwindscreative
Rebecca Winkle is an award‑winning animal portrait artist whose life‑long love of drawing began at age five. Her work captures the vivid energy of the animals she has lived alongside for 24 years on our Caithness croft — from horses and buffalo to geese gathering on the Loch of Mey. With a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, Rebecca blends lifelike detail with the sweeping skies, wildlife, and forest‑garden life that surround our family home, creating portraits full of colour, movement, and spirit.
About the Artist
Rebecca Winkle is an award‑winning animal portrait artist with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art and a lifelong devotion to drawing that began at age five. Her work is rooted in the ancient landscapes of Caithness, where she has lived for 24 years, raising five children and sharing life with horses, cows, buffaloes, goats, sheep, chickens, geese, ducks, ponies — and the ever‑present cats who wander through her studio.
Her portraits are shaped by the sweeping northern skies, the quiet strength of trees, the softness of roses, and the wildlife that gathers around the Loch of Mey beside the family’s forest garden. Rebecca’s art is lifelike, dramatic, colourful and full of energy, capturing not only the animals she knows so well but the spirit of the land that surrounds her.
Each piece carries a spark of home — the croft, the creatures, the landscape, and the love that has shaped her life and her art.
