I’m Rebecca, an artist who paints recognisable places that hold real meaning for people.
Places people know, love and return to
again and again.
Winner of
The Broad Canvas Prize
at Oxford Art Society
Open Exhibition 2026
I am absolutely delighted to have been presented with The Broad Canvas Prize for my painting, ‘The Waterditch’ selected and exhibited alongside another of my paintings, ‘The Chalk Stream’, at the Oxford Art Society Open Exhibition at The Kendrew Barn Gallery,
St John’s College, Oxford from 10-24 October.
I feel extremely honoured first, to be selected to exhibit next to so many superb artists and then also to win a prize.
Many Thanks to Oxford Art Society & Broad Canvas Oxford.
The Waterditch
Oil on wooden panel, 50 ×40 cm
Inspired by Springline
for Oxfordshire Artweeks 2026
I was lucky enough to have had my work, taken from
The Springline Project, chosen for the cover of the 2026 Oxfordshire Artweeks brochure.
The work I exhibited in the festival was a personal extension to The Springline Project, exploring landscape and nature, with a particular focus on water. These themes appeared in intimate oil paintings and mixed‑media sketches where I continued to explore local scenes along the Springline walk bringing my time spent outdoors into a beautiful, intimate indoors exhibition space for people to engage and enjoy.
Last year I had the amazing opportunity to work on The Springline Project — funded by Mend the Gap — this was a collaboration between Artist Anna Dillon and myself with local ecologists. Through public events, data collection, and art‑making activities over the course of a year, it engaged residents of the Astons and Cholsey with local wildlife and creativity. In 2024–2025, Anna and I created a large‑scale oil painting inspired by the landscapes and ecology along the Springline route, which follows public footpaths bordering chalk streams, ditches, and winter brooks. The final piece comprises ten one‑metre‑square panels featuring scenes from the route and species found during the different seasons, and is now permanently displayed in Cholsey Pavilion.
