Rachel Clancy
BA (Hons) Fine Art
Figurative Artist Rachel Clancy explores themes of illusion and trickery in capturing the unseen. Using oil paint on canvas and wooden surfaces, she focuses on interactions between hands and mundane objects to allow an audience to unfold their own narrative from the mysterious scenes. Reflected in her slow, intricate act of painting, she encourages the viewer to pause and contemplate when encountering the works, juxtaposing the present fast-paced, digitally influenced society. She creates illusionary surfaces of two dimensional imagery that are compromised by trickery in the glazes of transparent oil paint that infer depth and luminosity. Her exhibition series explore sleight of hand, and play with lighting to emphasise details within the compositions. Encountering the hidden paintings throughout the space mimics the deceptive nature of the works, and connections begin to form through their shared inherent oddity and cropped viewpoints.
