Lot Essay
‘Each body of work is directly concerned with exploring the intricacies of what it means to be human, considering our capacity to feel, think, question, hurt, breakdown, worship, sin, rebel or conform. The artist is interested in the extent to which her paintings might physically and emotionally resonate with the viewer, and this is evident in the visceral appeal of the work’ (Blain Southern, https://www.blainsouthern.com/images/artists/biography_pdfs/4/original/Rachel%20Howard%20Bio%20April%202014.pdf?1396956172 [accessed 15th July 2014]).