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Nov-11&12th 2011
The Gifted Hand Art Show
Ellsworth's premier Winter craft show featuring over 50 locally and nationally recognized artisans, a cafe area staffed by Cleonice and Table Bistros and a fabulous door prize drawing. Schoodic Arts For All benefit. A portion of admission benefits Schoodic Arts For All in Winter Harbor, Maine. Listed as one of the top ten Winter Craft Shows to see in New England in the Boston Globe.com's Travel blog in 2008. Click here to read the whole entry. Location: Ramada Inn Convention Center (Tennis Court Area) 215 High Street, Ellsworth, ME. Dates & Times: Friday, November 11th 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Saturday, November 12th 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. |
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August 2011
Handworks Gallery New Work Painting and Sculpture New sculpture and paintings on view at Handworks Gallery in Blue Hill through Labor Day. |
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October 2010
Bearly-There wins Moonbeam Award Tilbury House Publishers has announced that "Bear-ly There," written and illustrated by Rebekah Raye, has won a 2010 Moonbeam Children's Book Award. The book received the Silver Medal in the category of Environmental Issues Book. The winning titles were selected from more than 800 entries. The awards were chosen from books from 34 U.S. States, five Canadian provinces and two overseas countries. The winners were announced Oct. 13. The Moonbeam ceremony will be Nov. 13 in Traverse City, Mich. |
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Summer 2010
Three New Cards of Rebekah's Paintings... Three new cards are now available on the site. Dance of the Luna Moth, Crow Thoughts and Phoebe Babies. |
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April 2009
Matinicus Island School Visit Matinicus Island School Visit  There have been many wonderful, exciting and rewarding moments that have come about since becoming a writer and illustrator. One of the most unique and truly moving experiences have come out of the Island Reader and Writers organization. I have enjoyed school visits, connecting with students K through 12 ,helping them to find their own voices through expressing themselves in their drawings and paintings in a story telling format. The school visits to the Islands though have given me more satisfaction than I could ever imagine. I not only enjoy the ferry boat rides seeing all the bird life, seals hauled out on the rocks, amazing views from a 4 seater plane ride 22 miles off the Maine coast with the beautiful clusters of pine and spruce covered rocky edged islands. I love meeting the creative and courageous children and their families who live year round on these Islands. My latest visit to Matinicus Island April 15 was just that special. 6 Children, ages 5 to 12 were swinging and playing in their small school yard when we arrived. The teacher Heather was so gracious and I got set up in the warm and colorful one room school house on a carpeted stage like platform where I placed all of my show and tell materials. The children were able to scoot their chairs all close to where I was sitting ,on the edge of the platform stage. I was able to sit ,look into each of their wide eyed and eager faces and speak about my childhood and early interests in drawing and animals. I could show them pictures ,examples and ask and answer questions in such a comfortable and intimate way. Different than other schools where I present to large groups in a more hurried fashion ,knowing I would only have 45 min. to an hour for each class. I loved getting to know each child by name and individual characteristics and interests. I loved being able to present, demonstrate a drawing technique, have lunch with the teachers as the children went home for lunch. Come back where we ended to complete their drawings then transferred drawings to watercolor paper for a technique that I use in my own work ,ink, watercolor then pastel pencils to finish.  The results were outstanding and the atmosphere for working was quiet and concentrated even for the youngest 5 year old. I signed books that were given to each child and was rewarded by the laughter that came from the funny drawings I would do for each child's favorite animal as part of the signing. They were so appreciative and seemed pleased with their days work. The plane ride back to the main land was thrilling as I sat up in front with the pilot and Jan behind me seeing Matinicus from the air. I will remember that day and hope that the children would continue to work and practice the techniques we talked about. I hope they might do a illustration project involving poetry or short stories that they study and write about and follow up with an illustration using the pen and ink, watercolor and pasteltechniques. I am grateful for the opportunity to be invited to work in this special program and would be so very happy to return in the future. |
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July 31, 2008
Art Work Lost In Northeast Harbor Maine Fire On July 29, 2008 the Moss Gallery burned. Four buildings on Maine Street in Northeast Harbor are a total loss. Rebekah along with many other artists lost art work. Our thoughts go out to all affected by the fire. |
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Jan.15,08
Morning after the Storm, 23 degrees We awoke to a pink sunrise through snow covered branches to watch the Mourning Doves trying to find a place to land. A Gray Squirrel leaped from one branch to another blasting through the snow so brave as always with those amazing jumps. Quite a storm last night. I love being snowed in with my Man. We watched two deer in the back yard digging for left over cracked corn that I put out for the crows and other critters. We must have over a foot of snow! I can't wait to go tracking to see who was out there. I have my classes this morning and afternoon. Adults this a.m. and children in the afternoon after school. I concentrate on drawing lessons, as I feel if you are confident with your drawing it will help you with every thing else. I finished a large portrait of a Moose for our favorite local restaurant in Blue Hill," Blue Moose." We have our breakfasts there every Sunday. They are such fabulous chefs and we love them and the staff. They have been showing and selling my prints there for the past 3 years. I have painted the Moose for them as a special thank you. I have started working on a new approach with my paintings. I love using a goose feather quill dipped in ink for drawing. I find there is no room for tightness when I use the goose feather, which are from my own geese who drop them every spring. I am drawing directly on canvas and once the ink is dry I use acrylics and when the acrylics dry, I use oil pastels thinned with turpentine. It has a wonderful loose and expressive effect that I like. I like to see the drawing underneath which is strong from the original ink drawing. My subject matter is a cheetah in a patient and stalking like pose. I was inspired by a beautiful documentary on Public Television's Nature series. The drawing was spontaneous and from memory so anatomy correctness is not as important to me as the attitude of the cheetah. Well, off to shovel paths for the geese and to the bird feeders, may take a while, and be my exercise for the day. |
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