Rachel Harris - Riverside Takeaway
$2,300.00
Azure Kingfisher
Rachel Harris
Framed L67cm x W53cm x D2cm
Rachel is a nipaluna/Hobart based artist, science nerd and wildlife enthusiast.
She specialises in highly detailed coloured pencil drawings—mainly native birds and animals, and sometimes the occasional pet. Her style is realistic, heart-first, and a little bit obsessed with capturing the tiniest feather detail.
Art and animals have always been her thing. But her path to becoming a full-time artist? Not exactly straight. She took a long detour through the world of science—earning a PhD in zoology, researching animal behaviour in the U.S., and now working in public policy. That scientific lens is still with her today: it shapes how she sees the world and helps her to bring movement, mood, and accuracy to every piece she creates.
She rediscovered her love of drawing in 2020 and hasn't looked back. Evenings. Weekends. Bushwalks turned reference hunts.
In 2025 Rachel Harris was a Finalist in the Henry Jones Hotel Packing Room Art Prize for "Going, going, gone…? (Wedge-tailed eagles)" and has achieved numerous other awards for her detailed wildlife artwork.
She believes our native species need more than admiration. They need advocates. She uses her art to turn heads, spark curiosity, and (hopefully) make people fall in love with the wild things we risk losing.
Her art is my way of saying: Look closer. Fall in love. Feel something. And maybe—just maybe—act
