24 hours to live: ‘You only have one shot’

Auckland artist Rachel Rush sometimes works in abstract resins, and sometimes in graffiti, Stuff reveals. She says the distinct styles reflect two sides of her personality: the sensible grown-up and the rebel. “When I was 21, I had meningitis. I [was given] 24 hours to live. When I came through it… I thought, ‘What if that was it?’ And then I thought, ‘Every day has to be amazing.’ That’s when I switched it to being about the art.” Rachel Rush is one of about 100 New Zealand artists exhibiting at Auckland’s Art in the Park from September 8 to 11.