GOTHIC PORTRAITS AND STILL LIFE

Staff Writer, February 15, 2016, Painting, Visual arts, 0

Her work is dark, and she finds her inspiration in “the turmoil that is so often a part of the mortal experience.” She often creates narrative in her paintings, but is also drawn to the purely aesthetic.

Rachel Bess makes small, detailed oil paintings using classical techniques, but portraying the gothic and dark. Her paintings feature complex textures—fruit flesh, fabric, glossy surfaces and skin.