About Rachel

Rachel Walker paints watercolour, spray paint, pen and ink works drawn from her love of the natural world. Her drippy, energetic style captures the attitude and beauty of birds, sea creatures, reptiles and wild animals with both looseness and precise detail.

Born and raised in Napier, New Zealand, Rachel trained at Massey University in Wellington where, after a few years travelling, she returned to live and paint. She has recently moved up to the sunny Kāpiti Coast.

Her work has taken her across a wide range of projects: commissioned pieces, film and stage sets, solo gallery exhibitions, conservation work with Forest and Bird, collectible postage stamps, interior design collaborations, album covers, beverage labels, and a stint living and painting in rural France.

Rachel's original and printed works hang in galleries around New Zealand and in homes all over the world. When she works, Rachel likes listening to podcasts and the dialogue from old movies she has already seen.

Photograph by Nick George Creative

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Photographs by Sarah Booher at sjcreative.co.nz