Rachel Sayers 
Painter / Mixed Media / Illustrator / Printmaker / Photography / Design (Melbourne VIC)

Rachel was born in 1962 in Camberwell in the UK.  She was educated in the UK and later Australia, migrating to Melbourne in 1992. She holds a BA Hons in Fine Art Painting,  RSA Dip and  BA Teaching Primary & Secondary.
 
Her formal training as an artist began at Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts in London, where she completed a one year Foundation course, which included working from life models, still life and landscape.  Her tutor was the highly collected British Artist Jonathan Leaman.

At Kingston University she completed her Fine Art Degree and won the National Hunting Group Student Art Prize.
During and after her Art Training she worked as an Art Therapist at St Lawrence’s Hospital Caterham UK.

This experience began an interest  in psychology,.  Other interests include education, children’s books and illustration.  She cites her influences as the painters, Paula Rego, Frieda Kahlo, Gwen John, William Blake, Matisse, and the illustrators Babette Cole, Quentin Blake and Shirley Hughes.

She has exhibited work at the Royal Academy in London (Stowells Trophy) and at the Mall Galleries (Home of the Federation of British Artists) in London.  Her work is held in private collections in London and Scotland.

She has worked in the graphic design business and recently qualified as a Visual Arts secondary teacher and primary school teacher, and is registered with the VIT (Victorian Institute of Teaching).

She currently works as a freelance artist, illustrator, educator.

Rachel is available for  commissions – painting, mixed media, printmaking, illustrations, design and photography.  Classes available for tuition:  for contact details see below (includes VCE Art and Studio Art)

Artists Statement
"The inspiration for my artwork comes from sketchbooks and diaries in which I explore ideas.  The materials used, are chosen for their appropriateness and availability. Art practice is a way of understanding the world and synthesizing perception.  It also serves as an area to experiment and play with concepts. It is natural and necessary for me to draw, write and paint. It is important for me to explore not only the seen, but the invisible and spiritual aspects of human existence."

Recent Exhibitions
2009
Fashion Incubator
 Melbourne Central Artists on the Move: 
‘White’  Sculpture/multimedia

Space 39
Little Collins St Melbourne;
Illustrators Australia 14th Annual 9x5 Exhibition
‘20’  Painting

Contact Rachel Sayers
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