“Fresh off the (vacation) boat and ready to sail into George Town Festival 2017 (GTF 2017), Rebecca Duckett has been working around the clock with her artsy and nature-inspired pieces.
She is one of several women artists from Korea, Taiwan, the USA and Malaysia who are participating in the International Women’s Arts Festival, which this year is part of GTF’s ‘Week on Women’ programming.
You will be able to feast your eyes on 90 pieces of paintings, photographs, sculptures, installations, and performances during this exhibition.
My exposure to Rebecca the artist was in the early 1980s when I was given my first Owen Rebecca Designs t-shirt from a stall at Central Market, in Kuala Lumpur.
My university friends were soon given a taste of Malaysia’s flora, fauna and heritage via her t-shirts, as I privately placed Rebecca in the league of the celebrated Australian designer and artist, Ken Done.
“My paintings are very influenced by flora and fauna, nature and what I see on my travels,” says the mother of three, who describes her work as “essentially images of the fantasies in my head and thoughts.
I like to think of them as hopeful and positive. ”
Read more about Malaysian artist Rebecca Duckett on Postcode Georgetown.