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Rachel Bradbury
Rachel moved to Ontario as a young woman seeking a new beginning and autonomy, she grew up in Montreal, Quebec. She found her way, as an adult, by raising her two boys and working at odd jobs for many years. She began to paint in 2004 to express her thoughts and to rest from the realities of day to day living. She initiated her formal training at Georgian College in Barrie in 2005. Her studies of the Fine Art guided her through many disciplines and in this process she found her strength in painting and sculpting.
Within her work she likes to deal with the abstract and the textural qualities of paint, paper, metal and found materials. She feels a great need to create environment within her imagery that are methodical and well thought-out. The use of design and patterning is an important element of her compositions. Each piece of work was born out of truths such as strength, laughter, passion, belonging and community and was created in most by deep self evaluation and intuition.
Rachel’s art is her effort to connect the living experiences and the thoughts experienced with them. The work is the observations of connecting these thoughts and motivations, searching to understand their results. She is probing these tangible lessons and she wants her work to help her share some simple lessons learned by experience. Ultimately, for her, it is the lesson that proves itself the most valuable.
