Mommy Mayhem, 2022-23, each 22" x 30, Oil and Acrylic on Paper
Bunny Landscape #2 (Diptych), 2022, 24" x 36," Acrylic and Oil on Two Cradled Gessoboard Panels - Available
Elephant and Doll (Diptych), 2021, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas, 36" x 48" - SOLD
Mommy Mayhem, 2022-23, each 22" x 30, Oil and Acrylic on Paper
Mommy Mayhem: 65 Layers Painted #7, 36" X 24,” 2022, Acrylic and Oil on Canvas - Available
Mommy Mayhem: 65 Layers Painted #5, 40" X 24,” 2022, Oil on Canvas - Available
Dream Space (Tryptic), 2021, 7' x 4', Acrylic on Canvas - Available
Experimental Blues (Dyptic), 3' x 4', Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Available
Tired Toy Elephant, 2021 Acrylic on Panel, 12" x 16"
Bunny Landscape (Diptych), 2021, Acrylic and Oil on Two Cradled Gessoboard Panels, 24" x 36"
Serial Image 1, 2021, 18" x 24", Acrylic on Canvas - Available
Mommy Mayhem: 65 Layers Painted #5, 2021, Acrylic on Canvas, 12" x 9" - Available
Dream Space #3, 36” X 24”, 2021, Acrylic on Canvas - Available
Serial Image 3, 2021, 18" x 24", Acrylic on Canvas - Available
Mommy Mayhem: 65 Layers Painted #2, 24" X 18,” 2021-22, Oil on Canvas - Available
Travelling Babushka, 2021, Acrylic on Panel, 8" x 8" - Available
Group of 3 Installed Mommy Mayhem Paintings
Mommy Mayhem Artist Statement - Rachael Grad
52 Digital Collages, 65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings, 2021
52 Layers Painted #1, 2021, Oil on Canvas, 48" x 24"
Russian Dollhouse, 2021, Acrylic on Panel, 8" x 12" - Available
Dollhouse Dream, 2021, Acrylic on Panel, 8" x 10" - Available
Serial Image 2, 2021, 18" x 24", Acrylic on Canvas - Available
52 Layers Repainted, 2021, Acrylic on Mylar, 16" x 12"
Mommy Mayhem: 65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings, #35, Digital Collage, 2022
Mommy Mayhem: 65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings, #45, Digital Collage, 2022
Mommy Mayhem: 65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings, #17, Digital Collage, 2022
Mommy Mayhem: 65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings, #2, Digital Collage, 2022
Mommy Mayhem: 65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings, #27, Digital Collage, 2022
Mommy Mayhem: 65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings, #46, Digital Collage, 2022
Mommy Mayhem: 65 Layers of Toy Drawings and Paintings, #5, Digital Collage, 2022
Green Purple Abstract, 18" x 18" Acrylic on Canvas Painting - SOLD
Dream in Purple & Blue, 24" x 18" Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Available
Colorful Abstract Flower Painting, 2019, 24" x 18" Acrylic on Canvas Painting - SOLD
Colourful abstract artwork series with bold brushstrokes and wild colours. Abstract paintings are based on observational drawings and paintings of toys and animals in multicolours.
Mommy Mayhem: Gestural paintings stem from documenting my three kids and their perpetual messes during a pandemic. First, I draw and paint from life then combine 65 layers of this observational art in Photoshop to make digital collages. Expressionist paintings are loosely based on the collages. The bright, vibrant colours are pulled from children’s toys, crafts, books, clothing and are layered over multiple painting sessions. The playful abstracted representational imagery echoes the mayhem of motherhood.
The paintings blur the distinction between representation and abstraction in combining many moments of childhood. Acrylic and oil marks are built up on canvas or panel through repetition and movement.
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