Rachel Streetman
About

Rachel Streetman

Rachel Streetman is a self‑taught contemporary painter based in Winslow, Arizona. Raised in Louisiana and having lived most of her life in Arizona, she began drawing at an early age and has been painting actively for over 10 years.

Her practice developed outside the academy, through her mother's mentorship, books, video study, and sustained practical application at the easel. She works in graphite, ink, acrylic, and digital media, with heavy‑body acrylic and mixed media as her primary language.

Self‑taughtEducation & training
Over 10 yearsPainting actively
Winslow, ArizonaBased in
Private collections, ArizonaHeld in
In her own words

Artist statement

I paint the moment where decay turns ornamental, where the body becomes a vessel for the delicate side of nature. I sculpt skulls and skeletons in thick, palette‑knifed acrylic, then let flowers erupt. The bloom is not decoration laid over death, it's what death makes room for. Collage is embedded into the bone itself, like fragments of what was left behind.

These are contemporary vanitas: reminders that we are temporary, made without gloom. If anything, they insist that the end of a body is where the garden begins.

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