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Latest News 2017/2016


CURRENT: 
Finalist in the 2017 Muswellbrook Art Prize, Drawing.
Exhibition details and finalists, here.


44TH MUSWELLBROOK ART PRIZE 2017

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.  Read my 2014 experience on my

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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The Hunter River travels 470Km from a small trickle in the mountains of the Barrington Tops, through the Hunter Valley to the Port of Newcastle and finally into the ocean. When in drought this river becomes the life of the Hunter Valley. It may not be the biggest river in the world but it's the life of our valley. #waterisprecious Careful not to sneeze 🤧 it's funny where I seem to find pastel dust after a drawing session! #softpastel #artspectrum Water 💦 Being on land we have tank water. No town water here to wash the car, water the garden or clean our clothes. When your tank runs dry you have to buy it. We haven't had good rain in months and our tank has seen better days. Water is precious. #softpastel #fabrianopaper #weneedrain Going bigger #softpasteldrawing #fabrianopaper #artspectrum I love the energy of clouds, ephemeral yet powerful. #softpastel #artspectrum My little corner of the world today. #softpasteldrawing #studiolife
If there was a people's choice for the Wynne I'd choose Lucy Culliton's 'Love lies Bleeding'. Beautiful work! A stand out piece in the exhibition. I fell in love with her entry last year too. She just gets better and better. @artgalleryofnsw #wynneprize2017 Daydreaming of summer in the vineyard. #gouachepainting #moleskine #hurryupsummer A little contemplative corner of the #studio. Sometimes you have to go back in order to go forward. Revisiting old work. 🤔🖍 #softpastel #drawing #thoughtfortheday Loosening up ...... 🖍✏️ #fridaysketchclub "Homesick". Thinking of home while flying. 😀 #airplaneart #sickbagart #gouachepainting @jetstaraustralia #jetstaraustralia Colour recipes 📝 #sketchbook #moleskine #commission #gouachepainting Trig Station on Thistle Hill. I'm loving winter colours. 💙💛😍 #gouachepainting #sketchbook #moleskine Wollombi Rd, Millfield #gouachepainting the beginnings of an exciting new commission. Still working out composition. #artspectrum Broke Road, Broke #gouachepainting. I use to live in a little town called Broke. It's a beautiful little town with a wonderful rich history. My family lived there for quite sometime and it touched my heart deeply. It's the reason we moved to the Hunter. Mining, viticulture and dairy somehow live together here. As most of you know the mines acquired our little piece of paradise. I just hope that Broke remains a charming little piece of Australian culture. 🤞#whosthefool "If a painting really works down in your heart and changes the way you see, and think, and feel, you don’t think, ‘oh, I love this picture because it’s universal.’ ‘I love this painting because it speaks to all mankind.’ That’s not the reason anyone loves a piece of art. It’s a secret whisper from an alleyway. Psst, you. Hey kid. Yes you. - Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch. I just finished The Goldfinch and all I can say is WOW! Have you read it? Did it have a lasting impression on you too? "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world". John Muir #gouachepainting #huntervalley #whosthefool Have been a little busy lately. Catching a few moments in time and documenting my local Hunter Valley landscape - mines, vines & the sublime. #gouachepainting Thumbnail sketches ✏️