Says Rachael McCully Kerwick of her work Coffee and No Cigarette Blues: “This work acknowledges the battles between my adult and 14-year-old self that continue on a daily basis.”

Rachael’s restrained sense of form and elegant colour palette steeped in nostalgia are connected by a pared back aesthetic. “I’ve always been driven to create harmony in my environment, working intuitively with colour and form to create what I feel is a perfect balance,” says Rachael. “The juxtaposition of shapes and the power of negative space in creating a narrative is something I continue to explore in whatever medium I work with. By placing simple forms and soothing tones in harmonious relationships, I aim to reflect the essence of simple beauty found in the everyday, and create a sense of calm in the viewers’ subconscious.”

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