Rachel Tirosh

In my art, whether it is in the subject matter or the technique, I always ask: “What is behind all that?” It can be a message or a feeling. I create art that reveals and hides, exposes and conceals. I like the viewer to wonder and imagine.
When I begin a painting, I never know what the end results will be. I start by laying in the larger shapes which define the structure and set the movement of the piece. I further enhance the design to establish a strong composition. I add texture and color to generate tension within the elements, and I use the layers to add depth and a three-dimensional illusion. As a mixed media artist, I work with ordinary, everyday materials, such as paper, cardboard, sand, and spackle. My favorite technique is pouring water mixed with glue and pure pigments over the texture I have created, that grounds the piece. The water finds its natural flow and accentuates and reveals the surface finish.
The biggest challenge I face comes at the end of creating a piece. I stop when the painting is pleasing to my eye, and I see balance in the composition and colors.
The real interpretation of the paintings is not what I see, I cherish what the individual viewer sees.

Art Class with Kassem Amoudi
Art Classes with Diane Williams
Art Workshop with Michael Shemchuk
KCI Foothill College, Los Altos -Certificate in Makerspace coordinator 2019-2020
Art Residency at Sedona Summer Colony, Sedona, AZ
Stanford Continued Education, Palo Alto CA— Painting under Katie Hawkinson
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto CA—Painting under Stella Zahng
De-Anza College, Cupertino CA—Classes in Painting, Business, Color, Design and Photography
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology—Bachelors of Sciences, Education – Electronic Technology

“Art as Gift” - SFWA Gallery SF, CA, 2020-21
“Art in the Time of Corona” - New Museum Los Gatos, CA 2020-21
2nd Half - 50 and Over exhibition. Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 2020
“All-Media Show 2020” Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, CA
“H2O”. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA 2020
“The Ground Upon Which We Stand”, NCWCA and Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany CA 2020
Artist Showcase, Pacific Art League, CA 2018,2019
Los Gatos Art Association Juried show, Los Gatos CA, 2018, 2019
‘Behind All That’ Solo Exhibition at Gallery 9, 2019
Rotary Los Altos Fine Art in the Park, Los Altos, CA 2018, 2019
‘Go Figure’, Bankhead Gallery, Livermore, CA 2019
“SNAP!” Arc Gallery SF CA 2016,2019
Art of Water Exhibition, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI 2018, 2019
Vargas Gallery, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA 2014
'The painted Chair', Woman's Club, Palo Alto, CA 2014
'Transformation' exhibition, New Coast Gallery, Mountain View, CA 2012
Open studios, CA 2006- 2020