Available Works
All work is available through the artist unless otherwise listed.
For prices contact Rachel at:
402-591-1911
rachel.l.brownlee@gmail.com
402-591-1911
rachel.l.brownlee@gmail.com
One of the greatest blessings in life is to know your calling. Whether that be spiritual or physical, it drives daily purpose and intention. Some people are called to the seemingly mundane, others to lofty heights. I pray that you know your calling or find it, and know your purpose for your effort.
My brother-in-law is always a willing model for my work! I feel strongly that I, as an artist, cannot use a model in a way that is inconsistent with who they are as a person. An image looks jarring otherwise. In this case, my brother-in-law daily lives his calling. His love for agribusiness and cattle wakes him up (and keeps him awake!) every day pursuing his passion. |
Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:24
Aesthetically, I love this piece for the calm it shows. Here is a working horse, a well trained horse as evidenced by the tack, and here he is, all dressed for work, but without a bridle and grazing hobbled. It is another image of working life seldom seen, the waiting part of work! It is a relatively small piece, but I still wanted to focus on the beautiful details in the horse's hair and the tack. The lighting is bright, but undefined. I barely used a brush on this piece which is a rarity for me now. In fact, I hardly blended the charcoal on this piece. So much of it was so specific that I just drew it on and left it with minimal layering. This piece was such a pleasure to do. |
R.E. Lamble and his horse Missy graced us with their presence at our branding again this year. Some people grow into the land and animals over their lifetime and they reflect the land; how it moves and acts. Their body language and movement reflects the softness, or hardness, of the land they've spent their life on. R.E. ropes gracefully and with fewer motions than most of the people around him. Missy doesn't waste a step. They are a team sculpted in time.
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This isn't a common style for my previous work, but I was so struck by our corral at sunset with the uneven posts reaching into the sky and the unsettling amount of curvature in the supposedly straight metal pole fence.
So many times in life, and in artwork we have a perception about something in our head and it isn't accurate to life. If asked to draw a corral I would draw a straight fence, perhaps curving with the land, but that would not account for time and animals wearing on the fence. |