2015-Present

"To be the cause of things"

Acrylic, spray paint, iron oxide // 7ft x 5ft

[Sold]

"Storm bloom"

Iron oxide, acrylic, spray paint, charcoal // 6ft x 4ft

[Sold]

"The tide will take us"

acrylic, graphite, iron oxide, spray paint // 4ft x 3ft

[Sold]

"All the time there is"

acrylic, spraypaint, graphite // 6ft x 4ft

[Available]

"The upheaval"

Iron oxide, acrylic, spray paint // 7ft x 4ft

[Sold]

"The beginning"

Spray paint, acrylic // 7ft x 4ft

[Available]

"Saltwater days"

Acrylic, spray paint, iron oxide // 5ft x 4 ft

[Available]

"What remains"

Acrylic, iron oxide, spray paint // 4.5ft x 6ft

[Sold]

"This energy is borrowed"

Acrylic, spray paint // 4ft x 3ft

[Sold]

2013-2014

"Oceanless"

Iron oxide, pastel, spray paint on muslin

7ft x 7ft

[Sold]

"In the stillness between two waves"

relief print, iron oxide, copper compounds, trace monotype

8ft x 3ft

[Sold]

"Of what we cannot hold"

iron oxide, spray paint, charcoal, copper compounds

6ft x 4ft

[Sold]

"But I asked for the sea"

iron oxide, copper compounds, pastel, charcoal

7ft x 7fr

[Sold]

"Strange miracles"

iron oxide, spray paint, charcoal

7ft x 7ft

"This way"

iron oxide, charcoal, spray paint, pastel on muslin

6ft x 4ft

[Sold]

"Captured"

iron oxide, relief print, pastel on muslin

4ft x 3ft

"Before morning"

Relief print, iron oxide, copper compounds

2ft x 1.5ft

[Sold]

2011-2012

Ash

relief print, fumage, charcoal on muslin

4ft x 4ft

Synapse

Relief print, collaged fabric, charcoal, spraypaint

4ft x 4ft

Chainsaw Study I

Relief print on muslin

4ft x 4ft

Chainsaw Study II

Relief print on muslin

4ft x 4ft

Arch

relief print, charcoal on muslin

9ft x 9ft

"Years"

relief print

2ft x 2.5ft

[Sold]

"Fragment I"

Relief print

5ft x 3ft

"Fragement II"

relief print

5ft x 3ft

Installation Views

"Traces"

Two person show featuring paintings by Rachel Baxter and sculptural works by Mary Pat Wager at The Arts Center of the Capital Region (2015)

"Traces"

Two person show featuring paintings by Rachel Baxter and sculptural works by Mary Pat Wager at The Arts Center of the Capital Region (2015)

"Traces"

Two person show featuring paintings by Rachel Baxter and sculptural works by Mary Pat Wager at The Arts Center of the Capital Region (2015)

"Embracing Entropy"

MFA Thesis Exhibition at The Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (2014)

"Embracing Entropy"

MFA Thesis Exhibition at The Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (2014)

"Embracing Entropy"

MFA Thesis Exhibition at The Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (2014)

"The upheaval" installed

NY

"To be the cause of things" installed

NY

Process

setteling into the new studio - Troy, NY 2016

"You are here, too" Public Art Project - Albany, NY

working on a mural in downtown Albany, NY 2016 in collaboration with Albany Center Gallery and the Downtown Albany BID

Albany, NY studio 2015

cutting woodblock material from a fallen tree - Bloomington, IN 2013

Preparing to print - Bloomington, IN 2015

"foot printing" - Bloomington, IN 2013

Finishing touches on an 8ft x 8ft mixed media piece - Bloomington, IN 2012

Community

Outside of her own personal studio practice, Baxter is an adjunct professor at The College of Saint Rose where she teaches screen printing, intaglio, and relief Printing. She has also given various workshops across the country promoting experimental processes and printmaking techniques to both students and the public. Most recently she has completed a mural in downtown Albany that she hopes is one of many more public projects to come.

"You are here, too"

Baxter is pictured in front of a mural she completed as a public art project in downtown Albany, NY 2016 in collaboration with Albany Center Gallery and the Downtown Albany BID

Downtown Albany BID story

Time Warner Cable News story

"You are here, too"

Baxter being interviewed about her mural in Downtown Albany, NY - "You are here, too" a public art project that the artist hoped would help residents and visitors feel more connected to their surroundings.

Downtown Albany BID story

Time Warner Cable News story

"Storm bloom" Troy Night Out, Troy, NY 2016

A group show of local artists curated by Chip Fasciana at Pecks Arcade, Troy, NY

Experimental Drawing Workshop [Herron School of Art and Design Indianapolis, Indiana]

Rachel Baxter has done various workshops across the US, working with both students and the public to broaden their understand of what art is and can be through experimental techniques such as "fumage" seen here.