Rachel Brownlee draws the living American west.
2022 "Silver and Rain" Charcoal on Cotton 22 x 32 -Sold
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2022 "Established" 29 x 38 Charcoal on Cotton - Available through Settlers West Galleries: March 17, 2023
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Rachel Brownlee
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I am a detail oriented, black and white, software programming kind of person. Those traits do not often create an artist, but for me, it did. I started drawing as a child and people told me I had a God given gift for it. I studied artwork entirely on my own as I was home educated.
I remember the day I realized that not lines, but only light or the lack thereof defines the real life shapes we see. From then on I pursued a realistic style of artwork attempting to portray the harsh western life as honestly as possible. Beyond the realism, I seek to tell a story with purpose. Sometimes my work is discordant with contemporary western art because the content can be gritty and non-pastoral, but I see that as a fundamental part of my subject's life whether animal or human. I prefer to draw the west as it is today. 
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