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Rebecca Elfast
 
 
About the Artist

I paint mostly watercolours, I am intrigued and challenged by the unpredictability of the medium. I always feel there is something new to learn, a perfect painting waiting around the corner.

I also work in digital media, draw a lot by hand and do some oil painting and acrylics.

 
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Hole in the sky

2008
19,5 x 28,5 cm

A suggestive landscape painting with a strong play of complementary colours, achieved by letting part of the underlying blue layer show.

The cottage

2008
19,5 x 28,5 cm

Raw Umber in the sky makes the blue-grey roof stand out and vibrate.

Lit 1 & 2

2008
10 x 14 cm each

Part of a series of miniatures where I set out studying my favourite subjects light, land and sea and ended up with a bunch of paintings with lots of personality!

Islands 1 & 2

2008
10 x 14 cm each

Part of a series of miniatures where I set out studying my favourite subjects light, land and sea and ended up with a bunch of paintings with lots of personality!

Sundown 1 & 2

2008
10 x 14 cm each

Part of a series of miniatures where I set out studying my favourite subjects light, land and sea and ended up with a bunch of paintings with lots of personality!

The window

2007
watercolour
29 x 39cm

I am drawn to evening subjects, especially those where nature meets the footprints of humanity, a glowing window, city lights reflecting in water...

Frost bite

2007
Watercolour on Arches 140 lb. rough
30,5 x 46 cm

An attempt to capture that magic moment when the ice settles on a lake.

Turquoise

2008
watercolour
16x24cm

A study in turquoise.

Pink

2008
watercolour
16x24cm

A study in pink.

Bohuslän 1

2009
Watercolour on Arches
30x40

Bohuslän 1
A typical Swedish coastal scene.

Red coat

2008
Watercolor
25x25

Red coat
 
Education and biography
2002-2008 Architecture, Chalmers, Gothenburg.
-classes in figure drawing
-class in egg tempera painting

2007 Watercolour class for Lena Amstrand, Styrsö, Gothenburg.

2008 Watercolour class for Hasse Karlsson, Gerlesborgsskolan.
2008 Watercolour class for Lars Holm, Gerlesborgsskolan.
2009 Exhibition Galleri Backlund, Gothenburg
 
Future shows

Am continuously represented by Galleri Backlund, Erik Dahlbergsgatan, Gothenburg.
 
Website:  www.rebeccaelfast.com
 
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