About
I’m Rachel, a printmaker and visual artist based in Limerick. My work is deeply influenced by my home, Sligo, a place surrounded by ocean, light, and shifting weather. The sea is my muse, inspiring a practice that explores our connection to nature through texture, colour, and movement.I recently graduated from Limerick School of Art and Design, where I studied Print Contemporary Practice. My work blends traditional printmaking techniques with photography, often combining water, light, and natural forms to create immersive, meditative imagery.
Upcoming Solo Exhibition: 'The Sea, The Sea'
The Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Opening: 14th February 2026 3pm
"The Sea, The Sea" explores the oceans surface and what unfolds beneath. Building a bridge between a collective view and personal experience. The work depicts coastal scenes of Sligo, where Rachel's love for the ocean first began, alongside distant places visited, where her connection to the sea deepened and expanded.Through collagraphs, aquatints, and cyanotype prints, the artist invites viewers to experience the ocean through her eyes.
‘An Ocean Seen’ - June 2025
‘An Ocean Seen’ explores the interplay of light and the ocean. Rachel creates an ocean scene, shaped by her own encounters with the sea, building a bridge between personal memory and collective experience. Everyone has subjective feelings toward the ocean such as awe, joy, fear, peace, or longing.
Growing up near the coast, Rachel has always held a profound love for its presence and ability to explore it.The ocean is not just water; it is the force that makes life possible. Light is the ocean’s silent partner in sustaining life. It fuels the food chain at its very base and provides the earth with more than 50 percent of its oxygen. Without light, the ocean would lose its life-giving energy and Earth would lose its greatest source of balance and renewal.The universal interplay of sunlight on water evokes deep emotional responses, eases stress, lifts mood, and creates a meditative state often described as "blue mind." In her work, Rachel works with light and water together to evoke a space of reflection, wonder, and appreciation.Through this immersive experience, she invites viewers to contemplate their own relationship with the sea, bringing the ocean into conversation and highlighting its often overlooked connection to human life.
"A Delicate Balance" 2024
In this project, The Rachel explores the interconnection between the ocean and the air through a miniature, symbolic world. Circular forms represent the ocean, while the space above signifies the air it sustains. Projected white shapes inspired by ocean microorganisms evoke both life and fragility, highlighting the urgency of marine preservation.Bubbles serve as a metaphor for the ocean’s beauty and delicacy, while holographic underwater prints capture its organic symmetry and vitality, blending art, science, and environmental awareness. The rug below, showing an underwater view looking up, invites viewers into a calm, meditative space that reflects the ocean’s tranquil yet fragile nature.
