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November 3rd 2017, Shanghai Art Fair


44TH MUSWELLBROOK ART PRIZE 2017
Finalist in the 2017 Muswellbrook Art Prize, Drawing.
Exhibition details and finalists, here.
Professor Ian Howard, Adjudicator,  comments on a selection of entries. This work demonstrates:
"High drama from the contrast and colours of pastels.
The ability of artist and media to amplify the unfolding drama of the landscape"


Work is now available at www.saatchiart.com/rebeccarath
June 2016 Artist in Residence at La Macina di San Cresci, Chianti Italy. I'm returning to the artist oasis that is affectionately known as San Cresci. 
August 2016:  'Various Storms and Saints' exhibition Galerie Belimage, Switzerland. Works shown include drawings & paintings from Australia and a recent artist residency at San Cresci, Italy.

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Some days are better than others! Struggled with this one but it was lovely painting in the backyard. First time painting water. #enpleinair #oiloncanvas #huntervalley #waterislife Tweaking a plein air #softpasteldrawing from a while back. The more I draw #clouds the more they seem like big bruises in the sky. #waterislife #huntervalley #softpastel #artspectrumpastels #fabrianopaper On the studio wall.... 2 years ago this Christmas Heaven got another angel. Her name was Natalie Stevens but to her family she was called Honey. Sweet inside and out! She was loved dearly especially by her family. A muse for many including myself, she inspired everyone she met. In memory of her love for life, friends and family organised a special fundraiser day called “Bubbles and Bliss”. The event was held last November and the 230 attendees helped us raise $45,000. This went to The Mater Foundation to help fund Phase 2 of the Peter MacCullum Cancer Foundation “Rezolve” trial into the disease Ascites. A build up of fluid in the abdomen which was a result of breast cancer. In memory of my cousin and all who have lost a dear friend to cancer I’m donating this work. Please give generously to help find a cure for this horrible disease. More information can be found @rememberingnat. Peace and love, Bec 💕 ✌️ The beautiful thing about #drawing is its ability to tap directly into your emotions & relate it to paper. No mixing of paints. No brush to separate you from the work. Just you, the pastel & the paper; a perfect alchemy. 🙌🔮💫 #softpastel #drawing #fabrianopaper Beautiful afternoon painting @ivanhoewines yesterday. Catching that golden afternoon light. 🍇🌞 A big shout out to all the locals who stopped and said G’day today while I was painting 🙌 Lovely afternoon spent #painting on my road. Perfect weather but wouldn’t mind those clouds giving us some rain. #enpleinair #huntervalley #oiloncanvas Still praying for some rain ☔️#climatechange #softpastel #drawing #fabrianopaper #hunterriver #huntervalley #waterislife Friday's painting @oakvalewines #oilpainting #enpleinair 90x120cm Looking forward to returning to this beautiful spot but the long grass did freak me out a little. 🐍🐍🐍🐍😳 Catching the last light at the back of @oakvalewines yesterday. Such a pretty spot. Thanks for having us Trav and Oakvale Vines. 90x120 cm oil on canvas. On the #easel, my #oilpainting from last Friday.... How I saw the view to Lindemans vineyard #huntervalley . 💁(Taking all my willpower not to play with it.). This time of year is called #budburst. The leaves start to shoot and the valley has a tinge of sap green. It's been late this year due to the dry weather over winter. I've heard around town that it may not be a good vintage due to the late onset of bud burst but we are always hopeful. Gotta love Mother Nature. 🍇 Beautiful day painting bud burst in our pretty valley. @lindemans_wine #enpleinair #oilpainting Studio corner today. Dreaming of rain ☁️ #studiolife #softpasteldrawing #oilpainting What to do when your kids are at a birthday party for 4 hours... but explore more of the #huntervalley( & not a snake in sight!! Yay!!) #enpleinair Made some new friends yesterday. Had a lovely day painting @marganwine and finally enjoying some sunshine. Thank you @lisamargan looking forward to doing it all again soon. 🍇🍸 Working from the #sketchbook. View from Wollombi Road, Millfield #huntervalley Painting in the back paddock today and with a hungry audience. 🐴🐴🐴 #plein_air_life "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world". John Muir #softpasteldrawing #fabrianopaper Plein air painting from last Friday - view from Scarborough Wines, Hermitage Rd, Pokolbin. Thinking I might leave it and not tinker with it at all. Imperfect perfect (Including the odd bit of grass mixed into the paint!) It was fun painting big. 90x120 cm oil on canvas. Erase, mark, add & blend. Pushing and pulling the work. Testing boundaries and ideas of what is a finished work & bringing emotion into the work. Reminds me of a quote by Robert Henri "Paint the flying spirit of the bird rather than its feathers.”