Drawing ideas solely from texts, Rachel makes artwork to metabolize the written to a space of visual materiality.  Not necessarily seeking to represent what she has read, but rather transform & interpret the written to the visual, she is constantly playing with the notion, desire & (im)probability of unifying the discordant aspects of the self. Rachel thrives at the intersections of various disciplines & considers reading, writing and painting equal influences on her studio practice. She holds B.A.s in Art History & Comparative Literature from Indiana University and an M.A. in Theology & the Arts from The Seattle School.