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I’d like to welcome you to my site, RachelSteely.com. The goals of this blog and portfolio set are to network and share ideas concerning my art. I plan to present what I am reading and thinking into the void of the Internet and hope a response will resound out.

If you are an artist or if you just began to enjoy the pleasures and insights of art and have a suggestion for a topic to discuss, feel free to comment below.

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I have always been drawn to natural, organic objects and choose to portray them with oil on textured surfaces. Often, I present my subject in "dynamic still life" with a shift of time through movement or growth-decay. I am originally from the rust-belt city of Rockford, Illinois. I left the manufacturing town to study fine art at Asbury College and find inspiration among the rolling hills and forests of rural Kentucky. Although consistently representational, I strive to create subtlety layered visual and philosophical metaphors. In 2005, I returned to the country's heartland where I am active in the local art community of Indianapolis, Indiana. Next to oil painting, my greatest passion is helping others appreciate art by teaching private classes.