Raphe Coombes
Raphe Coombes is based in northern NSW. His practice involves painting and drawing inspired by landscape, energy, connection, history and sound and how they integrate together creates his distinctive imagery. Raphe uses an array of techniques and robust colours to convey his abstracted world.
Working with traditional oil making methods; creating walnut and stand oil from old masters’ recipes and grinding pigments to generate colours. His work is predominantly on board the grain of the timber often acting as a ground informing his practice. Playing with impasto marks and the viscosity of paint, the artist brings us to a strong connection with the expressionist painters of the past.
Raphe’s works are delightfully layered with colour and energetic marks. With pops of red, yellow and purple echoing blooming flowers, sweeps of blue indicating moving water and delightful scrawling’s of bird flight paths taking the viewer on a dance around the surface. The immediacy of the mark making is key here, building on the dynamics and energy of the work creating a thrilling zing of life, intimacy and emotional punch.
Coombes studied at Kingswood Art and Design School, Sydney then moving to regional NSW and finishing his studies at Orange Art and Design Campus. Raphe’s work is held in many private collections across the country and internationally.
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Raphe Coombes
Category 2 TNBT 2025 - Raphe Coombes - Gumbaynggirr country IIII
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Category 2 TNBT 2025 - Raphe Coombes - Gumbaynggirr country III
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Category 2 TNBT 2025 - Raphe Coombes - Gumbaynggirr country II
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Category 2 TNBT 2025 - Raphe Coombes - Gumbaynggirr country I
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Raphe Coombes - In the quiet life with you
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Raphe Coombes - I love the parts you've shown to me
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Raphe Coombes - A New Home III
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Raphe Coombes - A New Home II
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Raphe Coombes - A New Home I
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Raphe Coombes - Where the birds fly high and the rivers flow.
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Raphe Coombes - Swing Landscape
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Raphe Coombes - Sunrise Deepwater III
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Raphe Coombes - Sunrise Deepwater II
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Raphe Coombes - Sunrise Deepwater I
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Raphe Coombes - The Painters hour at Deepwater River II
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Raphe Coombes - The Painters hour at Deepwater River I
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Raphe Coombes - Macintyre falls, Kwiambal National Park
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Raphe Coombes - Sunrise on the bank of Mann River.
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Raphe Coombes - Winter in Wytaliba
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Raphe Coombes - Four days at Wallaby Rocks
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Raphe Coombes - Wytaliba
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