Very many of you have admired and/or purchased Rachel’s engaging work in the 2 years we’ve featured her at Click! We are so happy to represent an artist whose work continues to change in such a thoughtful and graceful trajectory. We hope you will take the opportunity to meet Rachel and see how her work continues to evolve.
Fisherman’s Bay
In the new “Cartography Series”, Rachel still uses maps to reference place and incorporate texture into her paintings. But she has added the graphic imagery of landscapes seen from high altitude, to give the work more abstraction than in her previous paintings. The results are wonderful.
Seattle
Mark your calendars for a pre-Artwalk Reception. Rachel will be at Click! from 2 to 5pm this Saturday November 5th, to chat and answer questions about the “Cartography Series”.
Of course there will be sips and snacks!
• Posted by Frances on November 3, 2011.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, holidays, in store
• Tags: cartography, maps, Portland, RAA, Rachel Austin
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Several months ago, Frances went to one of our local indie craft fairs to look for artists who might be a good fit for the store. She hit the jackpot with Rachel Austin, a full time artist living just a three hour drive south of us in Portland, Oregon. Rachel brought us a nice collection of her paintings for our 5 year anniversary last month, and we’ve sold most of them. She was nice enough to box up a few more pieces that just arrived:
Ralph 5x5 $70
Brenton 8x8 $90
Rachel’s paintings begin with a wood block frame (that she builds herself) and a map. She then layers her paints on top of the map; usually sweet depictions of birds and paper airplanes. Her paintings have a beauty and a simplicity that has been resonating with us and almost everyone who walks in the door.
Saturday, November 21 from 6 to 9 PM, she will be joining us for an artist reception and promises to bring more new work, including some larger pieces and some based on Northwest maps. Mark your calendar! Art makes a great gift, and her work is very accessibly priced.
• Posted by John on November 10, 2009.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, holidays, in store
• Tags: art, birds, maps, paintings, paper airplanes, party
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