Rachel



====**Personal Statement: ** For as long as I could remember I was in love with the idea that there was something out there beyond human recognition, beyond what we have discovered or have seen with our very eyes. The reason I had chosen fantasy for my theme is because everything I painted, everything I drew came from my imagination. With that in mind I created drawings and sketches of things that didn’t exist in our world. I’ve used all the mediums I could find such as oils, pastel chalk pencils, watercolor, charcoal, and pens. I discovered that each medium gave off a different feel to the artwork so I often integrated different mediums into my work. ==== ====I value no-name artists more than master artists because of the detail put into their work. A vast majority of master artists often have a deeper meaning behind their piece but I prize the actual quality and detail in a painting over the symbol. Alex Ross is a watercolor painter I absolutely idolize, he paints superheroes realistically and each piece of his work is moving despite the subjects being fiction. Frank Frazetta is another artist who my mother introduced me to at a young age. He was also a fantasy artist who often painted slightly over exaggerated muscular barbarians at war or taming wild animals. The detail that is put into their work is astounding. Unfortunately one of my weaknesses is trying to put details in each section of the painting to the point where it takes me a long time to finish. With surrealism in my eyes, I approach my projects with the goal of creating something that would make the viewer picture another world where my subjects would exist. ====
 * Artwork **

 Mixed Media  Charcoal on Paper Paper on Paper

Acrylic on Canvas Acrylic on Canvas Watercolor on Paper Mixed Media