The recent work and projects of Rachael Adams.
Twilight serves as a liminal time, between day and night - where one is 'in the twilight zone, in a liminal nether region of the night'. The middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition.
Rachael Adams is a painter who invites us to consider the status of the people, places and events that populate her pictures, whether they exist in direct or abstract realms, in personal or shared experiences.
Intrigued by the secret places in our society. People and their affairs. Secret and purely private settings exposed. Using familiar aspects of ordinary life, documenting it in pictures and undertaking a representational history. A compulsion to record events that were over long ago or happening now.
Liminality: The transitional period or phase of a rite of passage, during which the participant lacks social status or rank, remains anonymous, shows obedience and humility, and follows prescribed forms of conduct. The 'Baseline Shift and the Post-Modern Landscape' paintings were shortlisted for the 2010 National Open at Chichester, and through to the second round of The Jerwood Fellowship application.
Being a twenty-first century woman. A fighter for equality. A caring, nurturing mother. An independent business-woman.
A Fine Art Project made up of 49 canvasses, each measuring 1 metre x 1 metre. The Artist seeks validation through a process of reason and example. The construction of a narrative through a series of single images.
The Scrutineer offers this guide for a discerning audience. The Scrutineer doesn't purport to be an academic or critic. The Scrutineer has an offbeat approach which can always, ultimately, be justified...
A visual film companion, a chart, a map plucking out and exploring themes. A piece of artwork that could lay unfolded across your lap as you watch the great Tennessee Williams film 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'.
"They're heading toward the ship!" he said, standing on the bridge of the space-ship in The Fifth Element...
