Hello and welcome to Caricatures by Rachel
I Love to Draw!
I have been drawing professional caricatures for 30 years! In 1991 I got my professional start drawing Caricatures at Valley Fair in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I was trained by award winning caricature artist Tom Richmond. From 1995-2003 I traveled through out the United States drawing caricatures at State Fairs. In 2016 I started doing Digital Caricatures, now I hire out for Live Digital Caricatures at Trade Shows across the country. I routinely work in Minneapolis, St.Paul, Duluth and Wisconsin Dells. During the summers I set up at local festivals in Hayward, Spooner and Rice Lake WI.
I Love to Paint!
My mother Marian Walker introduced me to oil painting, she had attended the Milwaukee School of Art in the 1950's. One day when I was about seven years old she set up her oil painting supplies in the kitchen, I remember the smell of turpentine when I walked into the room and "really" wanting to be involved. It soon became obvious to my mother that the only way she was going to get any painting done was to set me up with a brush and canvas of my own. We enjoyed painting together for the next 35 years.
In 2000 I had the good fortune to study under award winning Plein-Air artist Joe Paquet.
Joe introduced me to an approach of Plein-Air painting that centers around the prismatic palette.
along with the principles of structure, form and value.
I Love to Draw!
I have been drawing professional caricatures for 30 years! In 1991 I got my professional start drawing Caricatures at Valley Fair in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I was trained by award winning caricature artist Tom Richmond. From 1995-2003 I traveled through out the United States drawing caricatures at State Fairs. In 2016 I started doing Digital Caricatures, now I hire out for Live Digital Caricatures at Trade Shows across the country. I routinely work in Minneapolis, St.Paul, Duluth and Wisconsin Dells. During the summers I set up at local festivals in Hayward, Spooner and Rice Lake WI.
I Love to Paint!
My mother Marian Walker introduced me to oil painting, she had attended the Milwaukee School of Art in the 1950's. One day when I was about seven years old she set up her oil painting supplies in the kitchen, I remember the smell of turpentine when I walked into the room and "really" wanting to be involved. It soon became obvious to my mother that the only way she was going to get any painting done was to set me up with a brush and canvas of my own. We enjoyed painting together for the next 35 years.
In 2000 I had the good fortune to study under award winning Plein-Air artist Joe Paquet.
Joe introduced me to an approach of Plein-Air painting that centers around the prismatic palette.
along with the principles of structure, form and value.
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I Love to Ride!
We have a small Hobby Ranch and enjoy raising, showing and back country camping with our Quarter Horses and Border Collies. Our horses and camping trips are often the inspiration for many of my paintings.
