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IT BEGAN WITH a precious present that Rhonda Campbell received as a child. “A beautiful set of 72 Derwent pencils was given to my sister and me by our father,” recalls the artist. “I guess this was all the encouragement I needed – all those beautiful colours!” From then on, her upbringing in the Central West town of Parkes in New South Wales was