Heya lovelies

its lovely to connect with you! I have recently undergone lots of changes to how I show up online, you may notice my grammar is not too 'proper' haha, this is just a small step my reclamation of free will and not spending ridiculous amounts of time editing on here! it means, exhale, I can be in the studio painting more! (which, is where we can agree my talents lay?)

I better introduce you to parts of my personality first... I'm a bit of a girly gal, crafty, whimsy, hippie aesthetic, I want to post pics below of my home and garden so u can get a feel for me.. I equally love being on the back of a motorcycle with my lover, fishing with my dad, or eating all things carnivore... hehe sorry don't look at the fish picture below!! AVERT ur eyes!

Hobbies include... knitting, hand-sewing (because the machine isn't crafty enough for me) reading romance novels. cats > dogs, lambs > cows... Im recently obsessed with gardening, so now my whole back lawn has transformed into a flower garden of course. Dad is my number one helper/enabler.. he has built my entire art studio/house/garden /boathouse (yes the boathouse was my previous house and has now turned into my floral studio)

living with PTSD and recovering from trauma is something I don't share a lot about but art making, gardening, and my creative approach to life has grounded and supported me in that journey for the past few years. Im very grateful for everyone who supports me in many ways, my family, friends, lovers and therapists hehe.

Now, just a little about my art making process why don't we?! I create from a process and intuitive led direction. each piece starts with colourful background layers, building up and up with many layers, its a really fun process that requires full trust, exploration and collaboration with the materials. I am a bit of a chaos painter in the fact the I like colours merging with each other, drips dripping, leaving brushes in water for weeks.. sipping paint water and getting paint all over my normie clothes hehe.

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Email

rachelbarberartist@gmail.com