I create bold figurative work and layered botanical abstractions. Both are shaped by decades of paying close attention to what might otherwise go unnoticed.

Sogetsu ikebana (Japanese flower arranging) changed how and where I look. Away from the centered full bloom, toward the bud about to open, the leaf about to fall, the space between branches. I paint with the same eye, in layers, with room to breathe. Decades as a psychologist further honed my attention to what lies beneath the surface.

Mostly, it’s women’s stories that mesmerize me. My mother, artists I admire, strangers with attitude or a particularly haunting presence.

Here’s what I’m after: The lived-in, wavering line. The off-balance composition. Emotional truth over polish. Drawing runs through everything - the searching, the speed, the comfort with what’s unfinished and alive.

I teach live and online Gelli printmaking and mixed media workshops where students learn to trust their own hand and get out of their own way.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Rachel’s work has been juried into the de Young Open, the Triton Museum, and di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, and is held in collections across the United States, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East.”