Rachel
Personett

“Picking Elderflowers, Larvik, Norway”, 2017

Oil on canvas, 58×71 cm

Biography

Rachel Personett was born in Kailua, Hawaii in 1991. She studied part time at the Savannah College of Art and Design, The Angel Academy of Art, and finally settled on The Florence Academy of Art, graduating in 2015. In January 2016 she apprenticed the painter Odd Nerdrum in Norway for eight months. Rachel works strictly from life, and enjoys the challenges of painting the ephemeral. Working from life provides the opportunity to travel around the world painting the ever changing people and landscapes she encounters. Rachel is currently working as a principal instructor at The Florence Academy of Art’s Swedish branch.