The faces that Rachel Niffenegger paints are seductive. A couple of her inspirations are “an obsession for gross out humor and imaginings of fantastical death scenes.” Her combination of a beautiful palette with zombiesque ghost portraiture works. You could hang one of these over your couch, and when your family visits – they might not even notice you had a screaming skull from hell suspended in the air over them.
Rachel’s in a bunch of shows: The Volta Fair via Imperfect Articles in NYC, Western Exhibitions in Chicago opening May 7th, and Ceri Hand in the UK in June.
Rachel has a blog.
wow these are amazing. My entire living room is filled with “gross out” art. I have no problems with hanging dead heads in there. I’d like to know what they are painted with. they look mixed media but the paint trickery looks really interesting.
i think its mostly watercolor, but i know she mentioned candle ash, evaporation, and spray paint too.
These are awesome, I love the colors!
[...] Also, Chicago artist Rachel Niffenegger at BEAUTIFUL/DECAY. [...]