Local resident Rebecca Trajkovski wears many hats - as a talented lawyer and young accomplished contemporary artist, Rebecca has attained a successful legal career and many local creative awards, including: winner of the Georges River Local Artist Prize, runner up in Aspire Gallery Foot Square Art Prize, finalist in Blacktown City Art Prize and Waverley Art Prize.
Having both pursuits has inspired her creativity over the years, with 46 contemporary Art Deco geometric paintings currently on exhibition at Hurstville Museum and Gallery.
PAINTING THE LINE BETWEEN DISCIPLINE AND CREATIVITY
"GLASS CEILINGS & MOTHERHOOD"
Sydney artist Rebecca Trajkovski remembers being a passionate creative from the early days of her childhood. Her youthful passion for dinosaurs drove her to replicate the creatures on paper. As she puts it, “I was so determined I taught myself to draw by wetting a piece of paper and placing it on top of a Jurassic Park book I received for my 6th birthday.
I would trace the image of the dinosaur carefully with a soft pencil to avoid tearing the paper. I have no idea how I came up with this, all I know is that the paper wasn’t opaque enough and I wanted to replicate the image as close as possible. Once the paper was dry I would then colour in my dinosaur. I eventually mastered the dinosaur and I didn’t need to use my trick anymore.”