About Me
So that’s the point of Rachels Art Room, it’s a place for the younger generation, or older even, to come along and mess about with Arty stuff! We’re not following a syllabus, we’re not supporting any academic program, we’re just experimenting and enjoying ourselves. We try a bit of everything and see what works, we paint inside and outside, still life, real life. We print, we press, and we cut (safely of course), we find the passion! We never criticise and we never try and put anyone in a box, we learn together!
When did you become an Artist? It’s the question everybody asks and the first question you ask yourself when challenged with building a Biography on your own website! The simple answer is you don’t know! Being an Artist in any form is a biological desire that’s inbuilt and then simply nurtured over time. A series of significant moments that translate into a desire to create and record!
For me the first person to fuel my passion was my father, not your typical artist, being a builder, but I can only conclude the creativity ran much deeper than just laying bricks! His quick sketches and doodles amazed me as a child, and I wish we’d had more time to sketch together before he passed!
Next would have been my School Art Teacher Mrs Pierce, for me as a child who took no pleasure from traditional academic subjects, Mrs Pierce recognised this and showed me that everyone is different, and we can’t all excel at the same things. She taught me that expressing myself through Art was equally valuable to me and the wider world, and that message is one I now hope to pass on to Students young and old.
Art is to be enjoyed, and I don’t believe the younger generation is truly afforded the time required to explore all the different facets of Art and find their passions. I’ve spent the last 40 years since Mrs Pierce freed my ambition simply experiencing the world around me and whenever appropriate documenting it. I’m not an Art teacher in the Academic sense, simply a vehicle to encourage and nurture potential in willing students!
