With qualifications in English Literature, Fine Art, Art Education and Art History, she is equally excited by investigating her ideas and exploring the potential of mark-making materials. She feels compelled to question the power dynamics at play in the roles assigned to women in myths and legends and she delights in reimagining how these characters could be represented.
In 2022 Rachel's solo exhibition, 'Holding Hand and Leaf', was partly inspired by Piero del Pallaiuolo’s painting of 1470, ‘Apollo and Daphne’, Wendell Berry’s poetry, ‘The Peace of Wild Things’, and research into legends surrounding the life of Mary Magdalene.
In 2021 Rachel sold work online for ‘Maggie’s Cancer Charity’. In 2020 she was involved in ‘Charleston Inspires Artists’, an auction which raised valuable funds to help keep Charleston Farmhouse open to the public. In 2018 she exhibited her textile work at Chelsea Old Town Hall in London and in 2014 she presented a large scale installation in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
