“Rachel Brask...explores the fluidity of paint by creating scintillating veils of thin color that cascade down her canvases…References to a world beyond are hinted at beyond the rainbow of hues that shimmer on the surface.”
— Joan H.
PORTFOLIO
Artwork on Collector Walls
Foggy Bar Harbor in Rain
Pluvia Nocturnae: Rain Journeys to Twilight (2023)
Pluvia Nocturna 01 (SOLD), oil on canvas by Rachel Brask, 30x40in, 2023.
Pluvia Nocturna 02 (SOLD), oil on canvas by Rachel Brask, 30x40inches, 2023.
Pluvia Nocturna 03 (SOLD), oil on canvas by Rachel Brask, 30x40 inches, 2023.
Pluvia Nocturna 04, oil on canvas by Rachel Brask, 30x40 inches, 2023.
Pluvia Nocturna 05, oil on canvas by Rachel Brask, 30x40 inches, 2023.
Pluvia Nocturna 06, oil on canvas by Rachel Brask, 30x40 inches, 2023.
Pluvia Nocturna II - Memory, oil on canvas by Rachel Brask, 16x20 inches, 2024.
Pluvia Nocturna II - Reflection, oil on canvas by Rachel Brask, 16x20 inches, 2024.
Pluvia Nocturna II - Stillness, oil on canvas by Rachel Brask, 16x20 inches, 2024.
Pluvia Nocturna II - Azure Veil, oil on canvas by Rachel Brask, 16x20 inches, 2024.
Pluvia Nocturna II - Cignus, oil on canvas by Rachel Brask, 16x20 inches, 2024.
Rains Revealed (2023)
Dusky Sky Through Cherry Blossoms in Rain, oil on canvas, by Rachel Brask, 16x20in, 2023, Rain Revealed Collection
A Host of Golden Daffodils in the Rain, oil on canvas, 16x20inches, by Rachel Brask, 2023
Ocean Rainstorm Rolling In, oil on canvas, 16x20in, 2023, Rain Revealed collection
Coastal Horizons of Rain Revealed, oil on canvas by Rachel Brask, 16x20in, 2023
That Sunset Gradient Rain Revealed, 16x20 oil on canvas, by Rachel Brask, 2023
Warm Foliage Hills of Rain Revealed, 16x20in, oil on canvas, 2023 by Rachel Brask
“...a willingness to alter her paintings and even see them be transformed beyond recognition is a key element of her creative journey.”
— Michael Rose, curator, arts writer, art historian
The Skies Cried As My Fathers Died (2022)
1 . 1 - Sky Falling on Rainy Road Ahead, oil on canvas, 30x40 inches, 2022
1 . 2 - Rainy Early Lights, oil on canvas, 30x40 inches 2022
1 . 3 - Rainy Blue Sky Breakthrough (SOLD), oil on canvas, 30x40 inches, 2022
1 . 4 - Sunset Rain Past Fall Peak, oil on canvas, 30x40 inches, 2022
1 . 5 - Goodnight, Last Bright Light (SOLD), oil on canvas, 30x40 inches
1 . 6 - Rains of Tomorrow's Sunrise, oil on canvas, 30x40 inches, 2022
2 . 1 - The Rush in the Rain, oil on canvas, 30x40 inches, 2022
2 . 2 - Homeland Mountain Rain, oil on canvas, 30x40 inches, 2022
2 . 3 - Rainy Lakeside Reprieve, oil on canvas, 30x40 inches, 2022
2 . 4 - Quiet Still Sunset Rain Before Last (SOLD), oil on canvas, 30x40 inches
2 . 5 - Rains of Last Light (SOLD), oil on canvas, 30x40 inches, 2022
2 . 6 - Morning Rain After Last (SOLD), oil on canvas, 30x40 inches, 2022
Montana Rains Collection (2022)
Montana Rains 1: Gallatin River View, oil on canvas, 30x40inches by Rachel Brask
Montana Rains 2: Lone Peak Rises, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Montana Rains 3: Rain at Cliff & Wade Lakes, oil on canvas, 30x40 inches
Montana Rains 4: Hills of Yellow Flowers at Junction of 287 & 191, oil on canvas, 30x40 inches by Rachel Brask
Montana Rains 5: Mountain Sunset Studies 1, oil on canvas, 30x40inches by Rachel Brask
Montana Rains 6: Mountain Sunset Studies 2, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
Gray-Skyed Rain (2022)
Pine & Snow Bleak Midwinter Rain, oil on canvas, 12x16, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Rainy Trees Across Icy Pond in Blizzard, oil on canvas, 16x20 inches, by Rachel Brask
Rainy Life in Gray - Anticipating Winter's End, oil on canvas, 12x16inches, by Rachel Brask
Gray Ocean Rainy Horizon, oil on canvas, 18x24 inches, by Rachel Brask
Rainy Gray Ocean, oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
Seeking Safe Harbor from Rain (SOLD), oil on canvas, 12x16 inches, by Rachel Brask
![[SOLD] Gray Rain Over Amethyst Sound, oil on canvas, 12x16inches, by Rachel Brask](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63cb177fbef5d02392c28fb3/9c9c3da4-3121-4591-bd47-1a124171b389/Brask_PurpleRainHarborGreySky1_12x16in_oil2022.jpeg)
[SOLD] Gray Rain Over Amethyst Sound, oil on canvas, 12x16inches, by Rachel Brask
Green Grassy Hill in Gray Rain, oil on canvas, 16x20inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Streaky Gray Rain Clouds Over Spring Tree Buds, oil on canvas, 16x20inches, by Rachel Brask
Blue Skies Peek Through Gray Rainy Day, oil on canvas, 16x20inches, by Rachel Brask
Golden Hills & Warm Gray Rain, oil on canvas, 12x16inches, by Rachel Brask
“What started out as a single moment of inspiration has turned into an obsession. Brask has devoted the greater part of the last [few] years to making her rainy day paintings emulating the foggy, drippy and translucent surface of the window with a technique she developed using paint and stand oil.”
— Paula M.
30 Rain Paintings in 30 Days of April (2020)
Day 01 (Rainy Sunset Over Grain Field), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 02 (Rainy Day & Stormy Sea), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
Day 03, oil on canvas
Day 05 (Irish Hills are Smiling in Rain), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
Day 06 (Rainy Backyard), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 07 (Rainy Nightfall After Sundown), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
Day 08 (Cotton Candy Rainy Sky), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 09 (Rainy Field of Evergreens), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 10 (Cherry Blossom Yard in Rain), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
Day 11 (Crimson Dawn Rain), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 12 (Hope Rains Supreme), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
Day 13 (Urban Night Rain Study), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 14 (Darctic Rain), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 15 (Rainy Reservoir Walk), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
Day 16 (Rainy Pink Studded Sunset), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
Day 17 (Aurora Blues in Rain), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 18 (Raining Gold), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 19 (Maine Beach Through Pines), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches
(SOLD) Day 20 (Creamsicle & Blue Sunrise), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
Day 21 (Mediterranean Coast Rain), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 22 (Rainy Mauve Cloud at Sundown), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 23 (Blue & Orange Sunset Rain), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 24 (Hidden Rainy Glen), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 25 (Rainy Daylight Warning), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 26 (View from the Rainy Summit), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
Day 27 (Ginger-Saffron Rain), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 28 Rainy Stroll in the Park, oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 29 (Morning Misty Mountain Rain), oil on canvas, 8x10inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Day 30 (Wintry Sunset Rain), oil on canvas, 8x10 inches, by Rachel Brask
Rains from Truro Cape Cod (2019)
(SOLD) Rainy Sunrise Beach Over Race Point Beach, oil on canvas, 20x30inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Palmett River Marsh in Rain, oil on canvas, 20x24inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Truro March Blizzard in Rain, oil on canvas, 24x30inches, by Rachel Brask
Beach Dunes in Rain (SOLD), oil on canvas, 12x16inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Rainy Sunset at Herring Cove, oil on canvas, 20x24inches, by Rachel Brask
Watching Sunset Over Provincetown in Rain, oil on canvas, 12x16inches, by Rachel Brask
Where Stormy Seas Meet Stormy Skies, oil on canvas, 24x30inches, by Rachel Brask
The Beach Before It Rains, oil on canvas, 20x24inches, by Rachel Brask
Cape Cod Bay Rain (SOLD), oil on canvas, 18x24inches, by Rachel Brask
“Her new approach to traditional landscape blurred with abstract expressionism is the result of a fascinating creative process. The paintings appear different depending on the time of day and also from the angle from which they are explored.”
Eric J. Auger, curator
Her passion for color was "relentless" from an early age. She wanted to capture and stash every color she could find...She continues to use color and the power it can produce."
Carrie Decker, arts writer
Mountain Rains Collection (2018-19)
(SOLD) Rainy Blue Ridge Mountain Triptych, oil on canvas, 42x40inches, by Rachel Brask
Rainy Moment 18 - Elysian Pond Rainy Reflections, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
Rainy Moment 20 - Rainy Autmn-Foliaged Mountain Sunset, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
Rainy Moment 22 - Waterfall Cliff in the Rain, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
Rainy Moment 21 - Rainy Rocky Landscape, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
Rainy Moment 23 - Warm Rainy Sunset Over Mountain Chain, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
Rainy Moment 24 - Rainy Alpine Field (SOLD), oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
Rootbeer Mountain Rain, oil on canvas, 16x20inches, by Rachel Brask
Rainy Moment 19 - Rainy Sunset Over Distant Mountains, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Rainy Moment 15 - Lakeside Mountain Rain, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
Maine Rains Collection (2018)
(SOLD) Rainy Sunset Over Maine Harbor, oil on canvas, 24x36inches, by Rachel Brask
Sunset Rain Over Harrington Bay, oil on canvas, 24x36inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Rainy Maine Rocky Shore, oil on canvas, 18x24inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Rainy Harbor Sea Tour, oil on canvas, 18x24inches, by Rachel Brask
Bar Harbor Foggy Rain (SOLD), oil on canvas, 24x36inches, by Rachel Brask
1of3 Eastern Sunrise at Cadillac Mountain Summit 1, oil on canvas, 12x24inches, by Rachel Brask
2of3, Eastern Sunrise Rain at Cadillac Mountain Summit 2, oil on canvas, 12x24inches, by Rachel Brask
3of3, Eastern Sunrise Rain at Cadillac Mountain Summit 3, oil on canvas, 12x24inches, by Rachel Brask
Triptych view of Eastern Sunrise Rain at Cadillac Mountain Summit paintings (can be arranged vertically or horizontally)
(SOLD) Sun Rain Transition Study 2, oil on canvas, 18x24inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Sun Rain Transition Study 2, oil on canvas, 18x24inches, by Rachel Brask
Abstracted Rainy Moments (2016-17)
(SOLD) Rainy Moment 01-Autumnal Rain, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Rainy Moment 02 - Rain in Winter, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Rainy Moment 04 - Rain in Early Spring, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Rainy Moment 04 - Summer Greens in Rain, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Rainy Moment 05 - Rain at Sunset, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Rainy Moment 05 - Rain at Sunrise, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Rainy Moment 07 - Beach Dreams, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
Rainy Moment 08 - Forested Mountain Rain, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Rainy Moment 09 - Deep Forest Rain, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
Rainy Moment 10 - Field of Grain Rain, oil on canvas 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
(SOLD) Rainy Moment 11 - Misty Morning Mountain Rain, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
Rainy Moment 12 - Sandy Desert in Rain (SOLD), oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
Rainy Moment 13 - Open Ocean Rain, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask
Rainy Moment 14 - Late Spring Blossoms in Rain, oil on canvas, 30x40inches, by Rachel Brask