I am interested in materials and processes with an inherent ability to transform. Through experimenting with techniques such as oxidizing metals directly onto the canvas, drawing with smoke, and suspending pigments in water as it evaporates, I get to witness these transformations first hand. Working this way requires that I embrace the unexpected. The results hover between two rivaling descriptions like growing and decaying, emerging and fading. They reflect the in-between.

Rachel Baxter is an artist living and working in Troy, NY. She received her BFA in printmaking from The College of Saint Rose (2011) and her MFA from Indiana University in 2014. She currently teaches printmaking at The College of Saint Rose. Her work has shown nationally and internationally and has been commissioned for public and private murals. Baxter has been an artist in residence at The Sitka Fellows Program and the Elizabeth Murray Artists Residency. She has given artist talks at Herron School of Design, Butler University, Upland University, The Printmakers Association of Iceland, and other universities and organizations.