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Biography
Artist Biography
Rachel Biddlecome
A native Oregonian, from Seaside, Rachel is a third generation beach-comber and clam digger, with sand is in her hair and salt in her blood. Her first photographs were of childhood mud-pies decorated with sticks and other treasures. Her first drawings were with "rock chalk" with which she made images on the sidewalk for passerbys. Her love of art continued to grow as she grew and included not only painting and drawing, but graphic design, book layout, pottery and ink work. Her first exhibition was in the Seaside High School library in 1994 of abstract ink works.
After attending Oregon State University, in Corvallis, Oregon, Rachel returned to the ocean air. At Clatsop Community College she studied pottery, and attained her AS in General Studies. In 2000 she attended the Childrens Book festival where she studied with children's book illustrators, Elsa Warnick and Marla Frazee . She also apprenticed with artist Nancy Hathaway, in Indiana. In 2001 she took courses from Max Grover a Childrens Book illustrator. And had an Art show along side other students. Later that same year she participated in the Stormy Weather Arts Festival in Cannon Beach Oregon.
Rachel now lives 10 minutes from the beach. An advocate of life-long learning, Rachel continues to study art. And is working on passing her love of art onto her young toddler sons Josiah (lover of pens and paper.. and clay) and Isaac (lover of stickers, and finger paints). They both recently sent out valentines to their grandparents .. which they spent a few hours on!
Primarily, Rachel enjoys the bright playfulness of childrens book illustrations. She has participated in local, national, and online shows. Many pieces have been donated to charities like the RedCross fund for 9/11, Breast Cancer research via the BRA SHOW project, and collaborative pieces donated to 9/11 charities. She has sold her paintings nationwide, two are currently in a Hair Salon in NJ, another in an office in Virginia, while many others are in private collections, from Florida, to PA and New York.
As for what style she paints, it goes from Impressionism, Abstract and Folk, to Imaginative Outsider Pop. Her favorite artists are Monet, Georgia O Keefe, and VanGogh. She calls her painting Style Her IMAGINATIVE STYLE.. since it varies on her mood. We hope you like them!
Publications and experience-
Literary and Layout design- Broadway Middleschool Yearbook 1990, Seaside High School yearbook Seabreeze staff 1991, 1993, 1994(ads editor).
Drawing- Ink Portrait- The Sponge, Seaside High School Literary Magazine, also on the board to compile the poetry and art.
Design, Publicity- Social Chair for Oxford House Oregon State University, created tee-shirt designs, and publicity material.1994
Publishing, Computer design/layout- Cannon Beach Presbyterian Church, Newsletter, Editor 1998
Publishing, Computer design, layout- Self-designed and published, Newspaper, 20 Plus page pamphlet, For Cannon Beach Childrens Center. Dec1998
Paper Murals- Cannon Beach Childrens Center 1998-1999, Shown at the Center and at Sand Castle Contest in Cannon Beach
Large Paper artwork- Seaside Heights Elementary 1999-2000 Shown at SHE, and at Seaside Convention Center
Publicity and design- Cannon Beach Presbyterian Church, Womans Ministry, Publicity Coordinator, designed calenders, bulletin boards, and posters.
Computer Art Published in:
Red Writing Hood Ezine-July 2001 Turtle Trouble http://redwritinghood.com/animalezine.html
Voices Ezine- October 2001 Night Winds http://www.geocities.com/voicesliteracy
Literary Works Published in:
Treasures of the Imagination, poetry anthology, Savior compiled by International Library of Poetry.2000
WRITE ON!, a Poetry Review by Jim Garman, Going Fly Fishing. Compute Treasures July 2001
Red Writing Hood ezine- Thoughts of a Hermit Crab July 2001
WRITE ON! A Poetry Review by Jim Garman, Eyelash Midnight Space August 2001
Art Shows-
Seaside High School 1994
Portland State University Haystack Program, At Cannon Beach Grade School 2001
Cannon Beach Stormy Weather Arts Festival 2001
Currently August 2001 with Painters Exchange http://pub49.ezboard.com/bpainterscafe
ONLINE ART SHOWS WITH ART GROUPS, EBSQ, CORE! and EA@
Listed with World Artist Registry at http://accessarts.org
Web galleries currently handling work-
http://www.thedigitalartist.com my exhibit can be found at http://www.thedigitalartis.com/rbiddlecome.shtml
http://.ArtCritqueGallery.com go to main site and search for Rivergallery.
ART GROUPS_
Art4Christ
EBSQ
CORE!
EA@
DIVATRIBE
POETRY GROUPS_
many Poetry groups, and forums
Contact Me
river_gallery@hotmail.com
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