Abstract paintings on canvas with integrated figures and faces using gouache and ink.

TEXTURED

Textured abstract paintings on canvas using construction materials.

On the works displayed “EXCESS”

It was through my “RTH paint party” experience I gained access to a clothing factory, which at the end of the week a large amount of silk screen paint gets wasted, it becomes a burden on the workers to process the paint and dispose of it. I began using this paint to create my new body of work entitled “excess”

With my background in design and fine art, it was natural for me to merge the two. The paintings in my series “excess” where created from the garment factory waste. The material is silk screen paint which has to be processed through industrial heaters and activated with multiple execrators. Additionally, I used fabric dies, markers, and ink found onsite. The effect is very unique, not only have these materials not been used for fine art they are mostly inaccessible. I hope to inspire the viewer with something that’s never been seen before while bringing attention to the massive waste and harm being done to our planet.

Bleed: a 9 piece series sold as a set of 6 neons and 3 monochromatic canvases. currently displayed at RTH Studio rental space in Los Angeles

reverse tie dye using ink and wax. ripped canvas with multiple stitch seams and metal grommets with steal carabiners attached. works range from 6ft-12ft. unframed as well as framed in Miami, FL

STITCH is an all white series using canvas, molding, paint, and leather. The artwork was shown long side a photo series done by Ben Cope. The images captured Rachel covered in white paint ripping it from her skin. The prints were sold along side the canvas pieces

BEAUTY IN TOXICITY is a series of florescent greens with darkened pallets on canvas. The works are black light reflective and glow in the dark. The work is inspired by oceanic bioluminescent Red Tide- which is incredibly beautiful, but its existence is due a toxic imbalance in the environment.

DYING INTO LIGHT

is an ongoing series of work on canvas featuring bright psychedelic colors. The series was born in 2015 and continues to be a recurring theme as I develop & explore the great unknown of my own mind. In 2019 experienced 5meoDMT, I was told the onset effect would be an “ego death” in which I would die and go towards a white light, on the other side I would be met with an abundance of colors. This substance is the strongest known of its kind and DMT is the chemical released when we dream, are born, and when we die. When I titled this series I was unaware of this analogy and as I began to deep dive, it registered as truth. Rendered Renditions of Rainbows

MIRROR MOTHER is a series inspired by Mother Earth. Attempting to mirror the found beauty on canvas using a technique appearing organic.

Mother Earth. Thank you. I dedicate My life’s work to you. It is in inspiration and complete awe of you I dream to emulate.

Your art, in its perfect complexity, displays as effortless; it is this organic nature of being rather than doing that I am so deeply enthralled by. I am eternally grateful for any glimpse of that controlled chaos in my creation.

In my highest aspirations i echo ur voice

In my purest form I mirror ur illumination

In my most present state I am rooted, and move only by your motion

The Harris//Howe project is a provocative display of female empowerment between artist Rachel Harris and clothing designer Brandi Howe