painting

My art practice is mostly oil painting. Technique wise, I am mostly self taught. I have a fine art degree from the Reading School of Art which focused on development of a conceptual body of work. I was lucky enough to spend a semester at the Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers) learning more traditional painting techniques.

I try and focus on likeness rather than accuracy in my painting (there’s no photo realism here, as you can see!). I enjoy the physicality of working with oil paint, so try and incorporate brush strokes and evidence of my own hand into the style of each piece.

All images on this page are © Rachel Bedder 2024