Rachel Bess

Completed artwork, sketches, progress shots and occasional regular life stuff.

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The Mesa Contemporary Art Museum show is down and they gave me the big info panel. This should work out great as some lovely bathroom decor. #imwatchingyou #museumshow #artshow #creepshow #obsessed

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Taking a break today to tear down a 1979 Stern Dracula. I think everything I do gets my hands dirty. #pinball #pinballrestoration #stern #whatidoonmydayoff #dracula

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Thanks to everyone who came out last night! Lovely to see @shawndbarber and @ginsburg.max. The entire @mesaartscenter museum is full of amazing #figurativeart! #contemporaryart #contemporaryrealism #greatart

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Opening Friday May 11th. 7-10pm at the Mesa Art Center Museum. “Going Far Away” 8” x6” oil on dibond panel. #oilpainting #artopening #portraitstudy #darkart #figurepainting #lightandshadow

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Thanks @gonzalesfrank for snapping this pic of the entrance wall to my show at Mesa Center for the Arts Museum. The opening is May 11th from 7-10pm. #adventureandcontrol #artshow #opening

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Delivering paintings to the gallery... @lisasettegallery

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Peak at a new painting. #wetvarnish #upsidedown

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Varnishing day for “I’m here to guide you home” #skullart #navigator #adventuretime

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My painting Sea Witch and the Jellyfish is an @artrenewalcenter finalist. 🖤🌊🖤 #finalist #arcfinalist #ireallylikethisone

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#wip I’m here to guide you home... #skulls #skull #eyes #navigator #oilpainting #paintingskulls

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Underpainting in progress. #wip #underpainting #skull #oilpainting #eyes #contemporaryrealism #skullart

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#wip Another one of the #beautiful @dead_lamb. She has incredible personal #style, which I tend to remove in the #paintings to focus more on #emotion and #mood. I think I’d like to do a #portrait or #miniportrait series celebrating it. #oilpainting

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#wip Another one of the #beautiful @dead_lamb. She has incredible personal #style, which I tend to remove in the #paintings to focus more on #emotion and #mood. I think I’d like to do a #portrait or #miniportrait series celebrating it. #oilpainting

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“A Long Night Out”, 16”x 10” #oilpainting. I 🖤 #meninstockings. Final day at #artmiami in the @lisasettegallery booth, A-328.

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“The Violet Hour” is up at #artmiami at the @lisasettegallery booth. A-328. 18” x 14”. #oilpainting

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Another #oilpainting on its way to #artmiami with @lisasettegallery . “Rise and Fall”, 10” x 8”. 🖤

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Spacetime Traveler, 14” x 11”, oil on dibond #artmiami #spacetime