Rachel Griel Art

Hello! I'm Rachel Griel, a mixed media artist focusing in embroidery. Check here for regular updates on new work, sales, and shows!

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A little chalk pastel fish on board I made today.

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Today I embroidered a stupid little fish onto one of my dish towels.

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Realized it’s been a very long time since I shared any of my art, but I promise I’m still making stuff. I’ve been keeping the bulk of it kind of quiet because I’m hoping to turn it into a show sometime and want to save what I’ve been working on to release whenever that happens, but I can’t keep this guy to myself.

Introducing FishInShorts.

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Playing around with acrylics today. This is what I’ve done so far.

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Maxwell Klinger in his Scarlet O’Hara dress, gouache, 4x6 inches

My most recent painting for @jordanillustrates’ Artober challenge. I was struggling to come up with an idea for “Golden + Mist” but I put on an episode of MASH and decided to lean hard into the word golden and paint one of my favorite characters.

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gouache, 4x6 inches

For @jordanillustrates’ Artober challenge, this one is “Gather + Fruits” based on a photo of the raspberries in my own garden!

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Turk’s Turban Squash, gouache on paper, 4x6 inches, for @jordanillustrates’ Artober prompt “Gourd + Squirrel.” I’ve always loved the shapes and colors of these squash! Also I cranked this one out in like 20 minutes while watching Jeopardy a few days ago.

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Gouache on paper, 4x6 inches

For @jordanillustrates’ Artober prompt “Spices + Cider” I painted one of my favorite mugs. Also I drank some cider.

The mug in question!

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Uncle Iroh enjoying some tea, gouache and ink on paper, 6x6 inches

For the prompt “Tea + Leaves” from @jordanillustrates’ Artober prompt list.

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For @jordanillustrates’ Artober prompt “Fungi + Ghost” I painted my Dungeons and Dragons character, Cheddar, having a chat with their grandfather, who clearly happens to be a ghost. Having a ghost for a grandfather is what inspired Cheddar to become a necromancer, as they hoped they could also cheat death in order to hang out with their family an unnaturally long time. Cheddar is the friendliest necromancer you’ll probably ever encounter.

Cheddar is a gnome, and gnomes love nicknames; Cheddar’s legal name is actually Amanita, which happens to be the genus name of the incredibly cute and deadly mushrooms included in this painting. I think “incredibly cute and deadly” is an appropriate description of Cheddar as well.

This painting is 6x6 inches and done with gouache and ink on paper.

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Apple and honey, gouache on paper, 6x6 inches

I’ve been really enjoying the Artober prompts @jordanillustrates put together this year! The words chosen feel very cozy and gave me some fun ideas, and I appreciated the idea of doing one prompt every three days instead of daily. I’ve still managed to fall behind, but I’ve still made more paintings in the last few weeks than I usually do. As another artist friend of mine said, “If it gets us to make more art than we normally would, then we are winning!”

This is the list of prompts:

In case it wasn’t obvious, this one was done for “Harvest + Apples.”

I’m going to post everything I’ve done so far, so come back for more!

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When I woke up, he was sleeping in his white shirt on a white pillow and the lights and darks were beautiful.

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Feeling some love lately for my favorite American Girl, Kirsten Larson. This portrait is 6x6 inches and done in gouache.

She loves it!

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[so-much-for-subtlety]

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SHE THINKS HER LAUGH IS A SONG SO SHE SINGS BACK

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@paperstorm

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Just an absolute fucking orb of a creature

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I couldn’t resist

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Tonight I finished this portrait of my current D&D character, Lenka Miller. She is a half orc barbarian with a couple of curses and I love her very much.

This painting is 6x9 inches and done with watercolor and gold ink.

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Got distracted while cleaning the studio.

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A little painting I did for my mom for Christmas featuring her two parakeets. The tree is painted with watercolor and ink on Yupo paper and the birds are painted with acrylic on acetate. Measures 11.5 x 4 inches.