Rachel Bonnici

Rachel Bonnici Biography

Australia

I studied Fine Arts at Monash Caulfield and began a diploma at the Victorian College of the Arts. Despite practicing for many years, I still consider myself as an artist. I am on a continuous journey of discovery with art and my appreciation for art. I have exhibited in many exhibitions, sold works, and won prizes.

I am a printmaker and painter who is always looking to expand my practices into uncomfortable territories. I feel that this is the best way to explore my artistic abilities. I have exhibited many of my works, including printmaking, painting, and drawings. I love working with the fluidity of line and colour and am continuously exploring different mediums and push them to the limits. I am an expressionist/surrealist artist and like to incorporate natural elements into my work. My paintings explore the geometry and colour of mountains and icebergs. Being able to paint in large scale provides me with a freedom that I can’t quite capture on a smaller scale.

I draw inspiration from nature. Nature is amazing and I am forever attempting to capture or emulate it somehow in my work. To me, all things are deconstructed to the organic. What I have noticed is that the outcomes of my work take on an organic feel. With shapes, lines and colours that I have come across when looking at rock formations or watching the waves of the ocean. The shapes within my works are intended to emerge naturally as I highlight certain ebbs and flows of forms to bring to life their imperfections. Imperfections to me are perfect.

I love to experiment with my work and am constantly excited when I discover new materials I can work with. Currently I have ventured into the world of encaustic painting. I am interested in the interface of these artforms with that of etching, monotype and relief, and feel that the limitless nature of encaustic painting will provide me with the artistic freedom that I love.

Like many artists, I go through stages with my work. I don’t believe a day goes by when I am not thinking about my new artistic venture. What you will notice with my work is that it is abstract and expressionistic, colourful, and vibrant.