Rachel Clarke
Co. Meath, Ireland
Rachel is a visual artist based in Co. Meath, Ireland. With a background in fine art, her work is largely concerned with the human condition.
“I’m drawn to figurative and gestural forms that are subtly expressive. I’m interested in the amalgamation of person and space within an emotional context; the atmosphere that envelops us as a result of our condition. Where language fails to construe emotion, brushwork and colour facilitate a feeling.”
“Clarke’s paintings capture the visceral experience of humans: the internal struggle of being. The dislocated shapes are physically stuck, unable to break free from the inevitable solitude alienating them. Through textured layers and flat surfaces, clearly outlined silhouettes or approximative forms, the figures, absent to themselves, are craving a unification that seems out of reach. With the use of a warm colour palette and comforting rounded patterns, Clarke manages to immerse the viewer in the intimacy of her paintings. The underlying tenderness of her works invites us to contemplate the incisiveness of personal despair but coated with a glaze of empathy and care.” - Julia Moustacchi, Curator, The LAB Gallery, Dublin.