Artist: Rachel Grant

Medium: Oil on canvas

Size: 24" x 24"

About the Artist:

Artist Rachel Grant explores the natural world and our atmosphere through studying and depicting clouds. Rachel is known for her sweeping paintings that depict the natural environment, free from human presence. Her painting style is influenced by the post-impressionist landscape painters who were inspired by the south of France. Rachel adapts these ideals to contemporary painting in the Southeastern United States. Clouds over landscapes are a recurring theme in her work. Rachel's painting style is expressionistic with bold brush strokes and emphasis on the artist's present hand.

An Atlanta native, Rachel is a former studio resident at the Goat Farm Arts Center and currently works from her home studio. She received a Bachelor's degree in Art with a Psychology minor from Auburn University and is a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design [SCAD] earning an M.F.A. in Painting and M.A. in Arts Administration. Rachel has exhibited throughout the United States, in Hong Kong, France, and completed a residency at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in New York City. She has served as a volunteer art instructor with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite and has taught art workshops with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. She was selected as an Art on the Atlanta BeltLine artist and her artwork is included in private and corporate collections including Hotels by Hilton and Sotherly hotels.

When she is not creating or teaching art, she enjoys spending time with her husband, baby girl and their rescue dog.