in print 4.25.2024

I'm in print! An acquaintance of mine, Sarah White, is a writer, coach, and teacher. I met her long ago when we worked at Credit Union National Association - me as an Art Editor and she as a Freelance Writer. We occasionally see each other in Madison, and follow each other on social media, and …

neighborhood art walk 4.11.2024

Next month, on Sunday, May 5th, I'll be participating once again in the Marquette-Atwood Art Walk. It's an annual self-guided art walk encompassing the Marquette and Atwood neighborhoods, on the near east side of Madison, Wisconsin. This year's Art Walk poster Here's a link to my page on the Art Walk website. I've been participating …

art quote – Glass 3.28.2024

I don’t mean to give you a Zen koan, but the work I did is the work I know, and the work I do is the work I don’t know. That’s why I can’t tell you, I don’t know what I’m doing. And it’s the not knowing that makes it interesting. Phillip Glass, https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/magazine/philip-glass-and-beck-discuss-collaborating-on-rework.html

my ceramic art at Milward Farrell gallery 3.15.2024

You can now find my ceramics at Milward Farrell Fine Art, on the near west side of Madison, Wisconsin. One of the display cases at Milward Farrell. The gallery features 2D work along with glass, metal, wood and ceramic art. The photo shown above is a gallery display that features mostly my pieces, and what …

the making of a cup 2.29.2024

I've developed a new cup design that I'm liking. I made a couple test cups last year, and liked them so well that I made more. Here's the process: These are bone-dry cups that haven't been fired yet. I taped off circles and rectangles, painted black underglaze around those shapes, wiped it away, then removed …

poem – Rupp 2.8.2024

Winter’s Cloakby Joyce Rupp This year I do not want 
the dark to leave me. 
I need its wrap 
of silent stillness, 
its cloak 
of long lasting embrace. 
Too much light 
has pulled me awayfrom the chamber 
of gestation. Let the dawns 
come late, 
let the sunsets 
arrive early, 
let the evenings 
extend themselves 
while …

art quote – Berry 1.25.2024

All art that rises above competence insists upon the irreducibility of its subjects, its materials, and its finished works. It makes things that are inherently valuable in themselves and are not interchangeable with other things. To a merely competent carpenter, one sound board may be pretty much the same as another. But to a fine …

annual donating in 2023 1.11.2024

This is my annual post about donating a percentage of my ceramic sales annually to charitable organizations. It’s important for me to give back to my community, and I do so by volunteering in my personal life, and by donating a percentage of all sales in my Rachel as Artist life. I'm fortunate to be …

new painting 12.28.2023

I was commissioned to paint a portrait of a couple I know, Claire and Tori. This post shows a few process shots and the final piece. Here's the photo I started with. I needed to adjust the size of the heads in the final painting so they'd match better in size. After I completed the …

gallery show 11.9.2024

I've had my work shown in an art gallery for the very first time! Last Friday, as part of Gallery Night in Madison, Higher Fire Gallery hosted Madison Area Potters Guild members for a group show called "Eye Candy & Cake." The Eye Candy was the ceramic art. The cake was in celebration of the …