Rachel is an artist living and working in Tuam, Co. Galway on the west coast of Ireland. She has a Bachelors of Arts Degree (Honours) in Fine Art Painting. She has exhibited locally and nationally. Rachel's paintings are charged with colour, symbols, pattern, creatures and movement. She regards composition and format to be key threads in her painting process. Her unique style and technique gives her work depth, incorporating subtle references and constantly playing with perspective that creates tension in her work. Her current body of work is predominately inspired by stone carvings that can be found at Glenstal Abbey in Co. Limerick, Ireland. She is also inspired by primitive art, symbolisms, pattern, colour and ‘Outsider Art’. She really likes art that is different and unusual. Through her own work she is trying to decipher the general of life, doing so by been totally truthful and honest with her own work. Integrity is a huge part of her ethos.
“My work allows me to resolve issues that I have in my everyday life. When I paint I have no fear or anxiety and I’m taken on a journey of wonder each and every time. I have been painting full time for the last 2 years and I am finding that through my paintings I am beginning to become a person that is confident and self-assured. A person that has less aniexty and I can thank my art for that.”