Rachael Descant

I am a semi-realistic artist who uses my art to express the world around me. Whether it is my Memento Mori work, willow trees, doodle series, or colorful non-objectives. They come together to represent my style of art. My art is part of my emotions. It comes from my heart. While emotion driven, art comes from intuition, ideas, rational and personal feelings. These fuse together with experience and objective thoughts create my understanding of the world around me. This is where my art comes from. My journey began with Memento Mori art by the Puritans. I learned in art history about how simplistic their art was. Simple paintings, quilts, and gravestones. The gravestones were full of symbology. It all followed the concept of life being short and to live well. Many of my older work has expressed this concept. However, as time has passed and I have grown. I have opened up my comfort zone.

Sienna Heights University
Lourdes University - Bachelor of Arts