Tuesday 22 September 2009

Rebecca Cool


I love the colourful, uplifting work of Australian artist and illustrator Rebecca Cool. Rebecca is happiest when she is creating and you can tell. She drew her first wide-eyed, rosy-cheeked trademark face at the age of 10 and has painted it on everything ever since.


Inspired by the patterns of her fabric collection, with a preference for the 1950s and sourced from fans across Australia, Rebecca creates vibrant collages blending oil pastels, paint and fabric that have a folksy, Eastern European feel. Her art is refreshingly naive and playful.


More examples of Rebecca's work can be found here, here and here
Via the excellent Bondville.

4 comments:

  1. These are very cool - pardon the terrible pun!

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  2. make me think to Chagall... very interesting...

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  3. très très beau.. je ressens l'inspiration des années..Dans la forme du visage peut être...

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  4. Deb, so glad you like! Rebecca Cool has just released a children's book that is to-die-for called "Isabella's Garden" authored by Glenda Millard. Full of fabulous paintings on every page.

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