About the Artist

Hello! Welcome and thank you for taking the time to visit and support my work! I am truly grateful to you!

So let me introduce myself!

My name is Rachel, I am a Vancouver based, professional coloured pencil artist and I specialize in Wildlife art and Pet portraits. I am originally from the UK but moved to Canada with my Partner at the beginning of 2020. 

We came to Canada on holiday in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the breathtaking scenery, amazing Canadian wildlife and just all round way of life here! So we took a chance, I got a work visa ( I am now a resident!) and moved our lives half way across the world. It was the scariest but best decision I have ever made! It also means my family have an amazing place to come on holiday!

 

  

 

In terms of my art business. Let me give you a bit of background!

As a child I would sit for hours and hours drawing, usually horses for some reason! At school I would get in trouble for doodling rather than listening to my teacher! oops!

Art has just always been something I am drawn to do, I can't not create! My professional background is actually in Behavioral science. It was a career i found very fulfilling, but i would always come back around to wanting to pursue my art.

I needed to see where I could take it as I always had a dream to become a full time artist. I owed it to myself to go after this dream. So I did.

Honestly it was very slow at first, I didn't start out doing pet portraits or using coloured pencils. I dabbled with everything from oils to watercolor, just getting creative. But eventually I naturally gravitated towards coloured pencil and wildlife.

I love the control of coloured pencils and I am a huge animal lover!

I worked over the next few years just drawing and refining my skills and trying to get my work out there! When I came to Canada, it was two weeks before the pandemic hit! Great timing I know haha! So I decided I was going to use that time to put everything I could into my art business. I started doing a 'dog of the week" series and sharing my drawings in Facebook groups and Instagram. This is where my business took off and has been growing ever since! 

Recently I moved into the coaching space to help others pursue their creative passions and explore their artistic side! I have no formal education in art, my skills are completely self taught which puts me in a position to be able to teach others how to create realistic, coloured pencil art for themselves!

So I want to say a heartfelt thank you, for visiting my website, supporting my work and supporting a local business. It truly means the world to me as it allows me to build a childhood dream into a reality!

love,

Rachel x