Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Email: rachel at rachel dot thern dot org
2006 Maryland Federation of Art Spring Juried Show
Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2005 Maryland Federation of Art Spring Juried Show
City Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2004 Maryland Federation of Art Summer Juried Show
Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2003 Maryland Federation of Art Fall Juried Show
Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2003 Maryland Federation of Art Spring Juried Show
City Gallery, Baltimore, MD
My paintings are an attempt to show an internal view of the world. I shape the forms of the earth, sky, trees, and water to create a place, but one that is a reflection or perspective of reality rather than its actual visual appearance. The feeling of a forest or a grouping of plants can be that of a tangle or of upward growth, reflecting the vitality of life.
Recently I´ve been drawn to thinking of wide-open spaces as I work, on this world and beyond it. They hold their own mystery and make us ponder the question of whether our surroundings are indifferent to us. The underlying nature of reality may be impossible to fully describe, but a canvas can be used as both a flat surface and an infinite space, with shape and color as the tools to describe experiences not expressible in words.
Rachel Thern was born in Philadelphia in 1975, but grew up on Long Island, New York. She studied for two years at the Maryland Institute College of Art and then completed a Bachelors in Fine Arts at the State University of New York, University at Buffalo where she also received a Bachelors in Psychology and a Master's Degree in Library and Information Science. She has traveled to China and spent time living in San Diego, California. She currently works as a librarian in Baltimore, Maryland.
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