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Artist Statement

Rachel Orman
www.mnartists.org/rachel_e._orman



I am an expressionist oil painter whose work explores the psychological world through the figure. The saturated blends of color and exaggerated movement of the subjects break open commonplace living into raw expression.
I adore the shape and the ability the human body has to move, and the strength the human soul has to adapt and endure. I explore the differing consolations and needs of human beings, and our individual and collective connections to the world.
With intensity and devotion I feel a need to recycle the energy and materials around us. This includes finding, or buying secondhand, much of what I use to paint with. It employs a constant discovery of what lays buried in our inner self and what we use to heal. The content of my work involves the need to care for our body and minds as we need to care for our earth and its resources, as I have found the health of humans is inextricably linked to the energy that makes up our world as a system. I try to weave beauty through the painting of postures and movements of the body that leave me in awe, strike me with feeling, or express an emotion.
The viewer is invited to become a voyeur into my insight and outward vision. The paintings are a visual expression of my life, my need to flee from powerful situations and my survival depending on coming to terms with that which has been experienced, and my desire to capture the body in motion and at play. Sometimes the figures jump from their environment and sometimes they melt, the struggle of being human is displayed by the subjects pictured in my work.
I thoughtfully take on commissioned work. If you have comments regarding this work or would like to be included on my mailing list for future shows, please contact me at my email address.
www.mnartists.org/rachel_e._orman

Ordinary Appetites

2005
oil on canvas
56 cm * 71 cm

Lost Little Girl

2007
oil paint, pastel and chalk on canvas
45 cm * 35 cm

through the clear blue haze

2007
24*12

faith doubt innocence

2008
oil on canvas
24 * 36