
“Single-pointed Focus”, 2024, oil on canvas, 41 x 50.5 cm (16 x 20 in)

“Waves”, 2023, oil on board, 30 x 40 cm (11 ¾ x 15 ¾ in)

“The Big Apple”, 2023, oil on board, 30 x 40 cm (11 ¾ x 15 ¾ in)

“The Big Apple”, 2023, oil on board, 30 x 40 cm (11 ¾ x 15 ¾ in), detail

“The Big Apple”, 2023, oil on board, 30 x 40 cm (11 ¾ x 15 ¾ in), detail

“Deer in Headlights”, 2019, oil on canvas, 150 x 120 cm (59 x 47 in)

“Deer in Headlights”, 2019, oil on canvas, 150 x 120 cm (59 x 47 in), detail

“Deer in Headlights”, 2019, oil on canvas, 150 x 120 cm (59 x 47 in), detail

“Deer in Headlights”, 2019, oil on canvas, 150 x 120 cm (59 x 47 in), detail

“No Junk Promise”, 2018, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm (23 ⅗ x 23 ⅗ in)

“No Junk Promise”, 2018, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm (23 ⅗ x 23 ⅗ in), detail

“To Be Free”, 2018, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm (23 ⅗ x 23 ⅗ in)

“To Be Free”, 2018, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm (23 ⅗ x 23 ⅗ in), detail

“To Be Free”, 2018, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm (23 ⅗ x 23 ⅗ in), detail

“Milk”, 2018, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm (23 ⅗ x 23 ⅗ in)

“Milk”, 2018, oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm (23 ⅗ x 23 ⅗ in), detail

“Out of Pain”, 2018, oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm (31 ½ x 31 ½ in)

“Out of Pain”, 2018, oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm (31 ½ x 31 ½ in), detail

“Land of Plenty”, 2017, oil on linen, 50 x 70 cm (19.7 x 27 ⅗ in)

“Land of Plenty”, 2017, oil on linen, 50 x 70 cm (19.7 x 27 ⅗ in), detail

“Land of Plenty”, 2017, oil on linen, 50 x 70 cm (19.7 x 27 ⅗ in), detail

“Pistols and Pistons”, 2017, oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm (27 ⅗ x 39 ⅜ in)

“Origins of Life”, 2016, oil on linen, 60 x 60 cm (23 ⅗ x 23 ⅗ in)

“Chichén Itzá”, oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm (31 ½ x 23 ⅗ in)

“Chichén Itzá”, oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm (31 ½ x 23 ⅗ in), detail

“Vanitas”, 2015, oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm (27 ⅗ x 39 ⅜ in)

“Vanitas”, 2015, oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm (27 ⅗ x 39 ⅜ in), detail

“Vanitas”, 2015, oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm (27 ⅗ x 39 ⅜ in), detail

“Vanitas”, 2015, oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm (27 ⅗ x 39 ⅜ in), detail

“Head in the Clouds”, 2015, oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm (27 ⅗ x 39 ⅜ in)

“Head in the Clouds”, 2015, oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm (27 ⅗ x 39 ⅜ in), in situ

“Birds”, 2015, oil on canvas, 100 x 70 cm (39 ⅜ x 27 ⅗ in)

“Modern Love”, 2015, oil, varnish and ink on canvas, 70 x 100 cm (27 ⅗ x 39 ⅜ in)

“Alice in Acid House”, 2015, oil on canvas, 100 x 70 cm (39 ⅜ x 27 ⅗ in)

“Alice in Acid House”, 2015, oil on canvas, 100 x 70 cm (39 ⅜ x 27 ⅗ in), detail
"A Place on Earth", 2017, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 cm (11 ¾ x 11 ¾ in)

"Quiet Manhattan", 2012, watercolour on paper, 30 x 40 cm (11 ¾ x 15 ¾ in)

"Ghanaian Woman", 2012, watercolour on paper, 40 x 30 cm (15 ¾ x 11 ¾ in)

"Untitled", 2004, charcoal on paper, 40 x 30 cm (15 ¾ x 11 ¾ in)

"Untitled", 2004, graphite on paper, 30 x 20 cm (12 x 8 in)

"Untitled", 2004, graphite on paper, 30 x 20 cm (12 x 8 in)
Rachel has made work all of her life to translate aspects of experience escaping spoken language. Employing analogue and digital processes, she manipulates imagery to produce a foundational collage, a loose conceptual framework in which meaning can shift and emerge. Arbitrary collisions and content divested of context both liberate and disorient. The collage is transferred to canvas and warped within Classical conventions of painting to reflect changing value systems. Rachel is interested in an image’s journey through time and space, in memory, hard drives or transmission over the Internet. Re-presenting signs and symbols, she highlights ambiguous origins and recirculated shorthand for fictive and historical narratives. Particularly important among her influences have been Agnes Martin, Adrian Piper and Peggy Phelan, whose work also resonates in Rachel’s writing and curatorial practice.
Rachel exhibited with a group of ArtCan artists in Stockholm’s artist-run fair, SUPERMARKET, contributing a series of sound collages to the exhibitions Fabrication of Self and Holy Fluff in 2021 and 2022.
Past commissions have included New Britannia, a series of 10 paintings exploring British iconography, for London’s Roast restaurant, 2015 to 2016.
Rachel’s work is held in private collections in Europe and North America.
Please contact her for prices or new commissions.
Photos: Isabelle Young