Rachel Rae

Colour, movement, patterns, memory, connection – These are the elements Rachel Rae captures in her paintings. Rachel Rae is following in the footsteps of multi generations of artists with creativity as part of her DNA. After leaving her job in publishing, relocating to Spain with her family and living in an apartment overlooking the ocean, she committed her time to developing her art practice. Since returning to Sydney she has become awestruck at the colours of the Australian landscape. Being an avid traveller and walker, Rachel Rae witnesses many life moments which is the inspiration for her artwork, painting personal records of flora, fauna, people, and landscapes.

Living in Sydney near the beach Rachel finds inspiration in the ocean pools and rocky coastline. However being born in Melbourne and spending holidays at Anglesea, she often spends time painting the Surfcoast along the Great Ocean Road. The light, colour pallets and weather are often different but the common theme is the coastline and the ocean. Rachel Rae paints in acrylics, expressively adding a depth of colour – A simple rock can be a rainbow of colours and the water is a series of patterns. Quickly highlighting the movement of the landscape through her brushstrok...

2024 - LIttle Pieces Group Show - Aspire Gallery
2024 - Randwick Women's Art Prize Exhibition
2023 - The Wonderland Art Fair - Bronte
2023 - The Other Art Fair Sydney - Barrangaroo
2023 - Land Sea Sky Exhibition - Art Lovers Melbourne
2023 - Harden Art Prize Exhibition - Harden
2023 - Aspire Gallery Little Features Exhibition
2023 - Art to Art Gallery Unearthed Prize Exhibition
2023 - Aspire Gallery Petite Pieces Online Exhibition

2023 - Randwick Women’s Art Prize Exhibition
2022 - Lethbridge 20000 Art Prize Online Show
2022 - Aspects Art Show - Goondiwindi QLD
2022 - Tumut Art Show - Online Show
2022 - Bendigo Easter Art Show - Bendigo Town Hall - VIC
2022 - Randwick Women’s Art Prize Show - Randwick Community Center NSW
2021 - SBS Landscape Art Prize Exhibition - Southern Buoy Studios, Mornington VIC
2021 - 50 x 50 Art Exhibition - Brunswick Art Gallery, Fitzroy VIC
2021 - Lethbridge 20000 Art Prize Online Show
2021 - Randwick Women’s Art Prize Show - Bowen Library, Randwick NSW
2020 - Waverley Woollahra 9 x 5 Landscape Art Prize Online Show
2005 - Storm Design Group Show - Melbourne Australia