Rachel Blackwell Artist & Illustrator

Projects

66
ChristmasChristmas Card Designs
FairylandExploring visions of fairyland in acrylic on canvas.
Swirl,y Whirly Land - MulticoloursExploring a whimsical world of imagination called swirly whirly land. Filled with crooked cottages, loopy chimneys, hot air balloons, sparkling stars and button flowers. Paintings made with acrylic and Oil on Canvas between 30x30cm and 100x100cm

Work history

Freel;ance Artist & Illustrator

Mar 2011

Freelance Artist and Illustrator, designing and making paintings and drawings. Selling paintings cards and prints. 2015 ========= Exhibitions and Commissions ---------- The Big Hoot Large Scale Painting Commission - Birmingham Wild in Art Cherry Pie - Hollie Mcnish Illustration Published Burning Eye Books The Grange Gallery Ongoing Exhibition Malvern Bluebells Ongoing Exhibition Worcester 2014 ========= Exhibitions ---- Malvern Picture Framing, Ongoing Exhibition Bellevue Terrace, Malvern A Letter in mind National Brain Appeal OXO Tower London RHS Autumn Show, Three Counties Showground, Malvern Art for Amnesty, Malvern, RHS Spring Festival, Three Counties Showground, Malvern Well Dressing in collaboration with Creative Clay, Lyttleton Well Great Malvern, 2013 ========= Open Studios, Malvern No.4a Conversations with Birmingham, Brindley Place, Birmingham Cobalt Blue, The Artist Birmingham Cobalt Blue Pink! London Cultivate Vyner Street, Worcester Literary Festival Exhibition Worcester RHS Spring Show Three Counties Showground Malvern Well Dressing in collaboration with Creative Clay, Lyttleton Well Great Malvern 2012 ========= Open Studio 2012 No4a Gallery Malvern Flood Alert: Be Prepared The Hive, Worcester Worcester Fourth plinth - Live Painting Performance Worcester Museum and Art Gallery Worcester The Perfect Nude Charlie Smith Gallery Hoxton, London The Perfect Nude The Phoenix Exeter RHS Spring Show Three Counties Showground Malvern The Perfect Nude Wimbledon College of Art February 2011 ========= A room of our own, No4a Gallery Malvern Second Shift No4a Gallery Malvern Emerging Artists Worcester Museum and Art Gallery Worcester Shift Degree Show Worcester University Worcester 2011 Worcester Open, Pitt Projects Worcester 2010

Skills

Visual Arts
Drawing
Painting
People
Fine Art
Photoshop
Oil Acrylic Artist
Landscape Painting
Painter on Canvas
Acrylic Painting
Illustration Children’s Book
Children’s art
Charcoal Ink Drawings
Painting Illustration
Colourful

Education

Painting, Drawing, Critical and Contextual Practice, Public Ceramics, Textiles, Fine Art

Aug 2007 - May 2011

Fine Art Practice Ba Hons