A series · 2026

Memento Mori

Skeletons sit in washed, dripping grounds, and then the flowers arrive: sculpted in heavy acrylic, rising off the canvas, casting real shadow. The paint is the argument here, so every work below opens to a close‑up. It is the only way this surface reads on a screen.

Vigil by Rachel Streetman

RS-2026-001

Vigil

Acrylic on canvas · 2026

A skull keeps watch in a field of orange; turquoise roses, sculpted in relief, break through at the corners of the dark.

Vigil, detail — Turquoise roses against the gold ground, drips running below

Vigil, detail — Skull in profile, eye socket and cheek

Half Given by Rachel Streetman

RS-2026-002

Half Given

Acrylic and collage on canvas · 2026

A figure opens at the chest into sculpted roses, the body's center given over to bloom.

Half Given, detail — The collage band across the skull

Half Given, detail — Red roses at the sternum

Offering by Rachel Streetman

RS-2026-003

Offering

Acrylic and collage on canvas · 2026

A ribcage without its keeper, dressed in sculpted flowers; below, the drips fall like rain.

Offering, detail — Roses massed on the ribs

Offering, detail — Ribcage, black drips running down