Meet Painter Rachel Brask - GoLocalProv review by Michael Rose

Rachel Brask in her studio. Photo by Michael Rose, GoLocalProv

“Experimentation is central to artistic practice. For Rumford-based painter Rachel Brask, a willingness to alter her paintings and even see them be transformed beyond recognition is a key element of her creative journey. From her bright home studio at the edge of East Providence, Brask is making paintings that are deeply emotional and full of the weight of personal stories. She is one of the state’s most energetic artists, and she is a painter to follow.”

Rachel Brask was featured for an article in GoLocalProv by Providence area art curator, gallerist, artist, art historian & arts writer Michael Rose. Click through to read the full article.

"...a willingness to alter her paintings and even see them be transformed beyond recognition is a key element of her creative journey." — Michael Rose

“In addition to her large-scale paintings, which are full of expressive line and color, Brask is also creating a collection of small-scale works that replicate the technique and energy of her larger paintings.” — Michael Rose

"Brask is making paintings that are deeply emotional and full of the weight of personal stories." —Michael Rose

"She is one of the state's most energetic artists, and she is a painter to follow." —MIchael Rose

“"Brask has established a reputation for colorful works that blur the lines between abstraction and representation. Often, the underlying subject is a suggested landscape, overlaid with a veil of oil-saturated point that streaks down the canvas." —Michael Rose

"The soul-baring nature of her art is one of the remarkable strengths of her practice." —Michael Rose

"Brask's expressive aesthetic takes on additional meaning when one learns she has been in part influenced by the passings of her father and her father-in-law...These life events challenged Brask personaly and their emotional signature shows up across her latest paintings." —Michael Rose