RB McGrath        Events
May 3, 2009 7:00 pm - RB McGrath "Portrait of Salvatore Moltisanti" unveild for Moltisanti in person after the performance of the IBLA Grand Prize Winners performance at First United Methodist Church auditorium, Jacksonville, Arkansas.
May, 2009 - Second unveiling of "Portrait of Salvatore Moltisanti at IBLA Headquarters, New York City.
April, 2009 - RB McGrath's massive abstract painting "Controlled Chaos" installed in the new multi-million dollar Esther D. Nixon Library, Jacksonville, Arkansas, as part of the Central Arkansas Library Systems Public Collection.
March 27, 2009 2:00 pm - Mr. Sherman Banks, Immediate Past President of Little Rock Sister Cities International and IBLA Juror, and Dr. Alan Storeygard,  2002 IBLA Competition Winner and 2003 -2006 IBLA Juror, visit the RB McGrath studio in Jacksonville, Arkansas to see The Moltisanti Portrait.

March 15, 2009 - RB McGrath wins Harold Shull FAA Portrait Competititon for "Self Portrait"  Entires included one hundred and twelve Artists from six countries.
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July 19, 2009 - Launch of new art book  ICON - The Art of RB McGrath.  Written in collaboration with Michael E. Riffel, Author of Anthology of Friends.  ICON is a 72 page, 8 x 10, full color hardbound exhibition of paintings from the studio of RB McGrath and from works in private and coporate collections.  Expert overviews by Painters, Filmmakers, Photographers and Mixed-media artists from around the world.  Now available from Blurb Publishing.
Sept. 26, 2009 - Live interview on Saturday Daybreak at ABC affiliate KATV Channel 7, Little Rock.  Celebrity Interviewer and Movie Reviewer Renee Shapiro interviewed RB McGrath on the  release of the new book -  ICON The Art of RB McGrath.  Interview available at YouTube: keyword, RB McGrath
December 5, 2009 - ICON, The Blessed Virgin of Easter Cove installed in the collection of Dr. Alan and Paula Storeygard, Jacksonville, Arkansas.  Four feet wide and stretching to a massive eight feet high, ICON has gained worldwide attention as "Cubism with a vengence."  The work is featured in the new book ICON The Art of RB McGrath, now available through Blurb Publishing.  The painting was re-stretched by Jay Hudson Gallery of Jacksonville, Arkansas and installed by the Artist at the Storeygard estate.  A champagne toast followed.
March 5, 2010 - Little Rock.  Wealth Management Inc. of Little Rock Presents the Winter Art Exhibit and Wine Event.  RB McGrath is featured as the sole Artist for the event which was attended by hundreds of Art patrons from Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma.  McGrath unveiled for the first time a new work entitled "Girl, after Vermeer".