https://www.rachaelpadilla.com/humannature daily 0.75 2017-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1487463800422-UGITGCRNORZYJ21XA55Q/tinydancer.jpg Portfolio - "Tiny Dancer", Mixed Media, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1487463800422-UGITGCRNORZYJ21XA55Q/tinydancer.jpg Portfolio - "Tiny Dancer", Mixed Media, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1487464254413-E5VNE55IVIO7SO0C832U/Break+the+Locks.jpg Portfolio - "Break the Locks", Mixed Media, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1487464508510-UO3P95S2PP9UTJU7U9PD/littlebird.jpg Portfolio - "Little Bird", Mixed Media, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1495758038722-E0JDAY201FS3O3EGNJV6/The+Messenger.jpg Portfolio - "The Messenger" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1506705992501-TXHP7X42OI1NO3NXAGDE/Groupie.JPG Portfolio - "Groupie", 2003. From the series, "Stereotypes and Handbags". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1506706428013-WI03KYCUA8ROKBVYQEFF/Inked+and+Pierced.jpg Portfolio - "Inked and Pierced", 2003. From the series, "Stereotypes and Handbags". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1506706506897-P9XYN82U3GHTRAKVI4IZ/Promiscuous.JPG Portfolio - "Promiscuous", 2003. From the series, "Stereotypes and Handbags". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1506706558674-7LP737AH1KSKNBKX8PYQ/Soccer+Mom.JPG Portfolio - "Soccer Mom", 2003. From the series, "Stereotypes and Handbags". https://www.rachaelpadilla.com/blog daily 0.75 2017-06-29 https://www.rachaelpadilla.com/blog/2017/3/4/bird-out-of-water monthly 0.5 2017-04-20 https://www.rachaelpadilla.com/humannature-1 daily 0.75 2016-03-07 https://www.rachaelpadilla.com/artwork daily 0.75 2024-09-22 https://www.rachaelpadilla.com/movies daily 0.75 2026-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1782670959019-MRKTR7FIGSD8INU7SZBT/image-asset.jpeg Movies - Memory at Work As memories are recorded in the dark corners of the mind, they are immediately imperfect. You can't blame memory for this. Leave it alone, it's doing its best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1782670959019-MRKTR7FIGSD8INU7SZBT/image-asset.jpeg Movies - Memory at Work As memories are recorded in the dark corners of the mind, they are immediately imperfect. You can't blame memory for this. Leave it alone, it's doing its best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1782671679754-H1QVZZ2OLD7DVZTGEBID/image-asset.jpeg Movies - They Call Me Coyote https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1782685870779-ZFGPGT1IO9ZSNJ8Q5OOD/image-asset.jpeg Movies - 3 "Sister Shotgun" Movies This is a presentation of 3 short movies featuring Sister Shotgun, a character from my ongoing series of art, “They Call Me Coyote”. The series currently features paintings and movies. Join me as Sister Shotgun ceremoniously suits up, then go back to another time, finally, listen along as she raises her voice in song. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1593829313682-SKCXADFPDQ5V6W05VKGH/image-asset.jpeg Movies - Painting Morning Light On a lovely morning excursion, I came across some cows grazing in a pasture. I snapped a few photos for reference, and set out to paint the pretty scene! Early morning light is some of the very best for art! I hope you enjoy this time lapse painting! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/5bc1f2fd8165f51c6ae28342/618189838a31297af3da8ddc/1782684598166/ Movies - My Grandmothers' Hands A short movie about the hereditary and sentimental connection to grandmothers. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/5bc1f2fd8165f51c6ae28342/61818ecb60219b4ee1087cf8/1782684814428/ Movies - La Marcha 80 Years Late I spent part of my afternoon looking through historical photos of Taos, New Mexico. I was primarily intrigued by those of the fiestas. Fiestas are an annual event to celebrate the patron saint of a village. The practice goes all the way back to Spain. As I perused the photos I could find online, I was struck with longing. I tried to see familiarity within the faces. Knowing that my ancestors could have been in the crowds. The people are smiling, the ladies are dancing, little girls wait in their prettiest traditional clothes for their turn to take the stage, and do their dances. I could hear the fiddles and the music. The same folk songs that I must have heard a hundred times. I wanted to be there, wanted to join the party. So I put on my ribbon skirt, my lace top, and my shawl. I combed my hair and tied it in a bun, just like my Abuelita (grandma) Eutilia used to wear hers. La Marcha is a traditional dance at wedding receptions in New Mexico. This isn't how it's done, but I was a solo dancer today. I was just happy to hear the song, shuffle my feet, and remember how exciting it was when I was a kid to go to a wedding reception. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/5bc1f2fd8165f51c6ae28342/61818ea5345b75128316b6fe/1782684814443/ Movies - Smoke The women who came before me must surely have had their moments of fun. Imagine with me, if you will, that the aunties have snuck off privately to gossip and smoke! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1588270833052-MZ9CS0ZNUHL3XNQBELPH/image-asset.jpeg Movies - Padilla Rachael Artist Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1782684755779-DST324RHW75M2GTA4TLR/image-asset.jpeg Movies - I Dream of WAVES https://static1.squarespace.com/static/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/5bc1f2fd8165f51c6ae28342/615da6c44b44bf55289b6681/1782684814476/ Movies - Cuatro Caminos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1570576967390-CV4SY8XVF22Y9JUDP88E/image-asset.jpeg Movies - Night and Light I painted a night time street scene! I'm always trying to push myself a little further, and since I've never painted night before, I thought I'd give it a try! Plus, there is a really unique relic featured in my painting: a phone booth! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/5bc1f2fd8165f51c6ae28342/61818ccb54e1e761e40e205f/1782686087759/ Movies - Viva Step Early morning light, an antiquated stadium. The double circle skirt in motion in a unique setting. I find this to be an interesting juxtaposition between the flowing, organic shapes of the skirt and a hard, urban decay setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1567612454317-MCNHOQA1MEOZX6ZQQM78/image-asset.jpeg Movies - The Archer My newest painting is complete! Join me for a time lapse of its creation. There were so many sources of inspiration for this painting: archery, femininity, and symbolism of flowers, to name a few! The color scheme was inspired by historical Greek frescos. Enjoy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1782684877629-X9INLB74XFTJDZW7JKH0/image-asset.jpeg Movies - Trying to Listen (Conceptual Performance Art) We all try to improve ourselves in various ways. One way is to observe the world around us and engage with it. To try and listen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1553708786372-7LR7SDXHJTX8RCQWFK1F/image-asset.jpeg Movies - Time Lapse of "The Giantess" A woman of epic proportions lying across a landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1782685023559-UPCMLDE8IFXAF4DR0KDQ/image-asset.jpeg Movies - The Stone Cupule, an Ancient Assertion of Identity? Very little is definitively known about why ancient people made cupules, or what their true purpose was. While I find it fascinating to ponder about their purpose, I find it even more fascinating to explore the artistic process of making one myself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1782685105614-KSRP5VMCI2CXHMVECT51/image-asset.jpeg Movies - Weaving (A Spider Hard at Work) A master weaver busy at her task. Sometimes in life it's important to take a closer look at things that may normally be unnoticed and unappreciated. To not look past the small, the mundane, or the seemingly uninteresting. This is such a look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1564765158390-AJFLEQODJAFFM8D25NMW/image-asset.jpeg Movies - Painting a self portrait. In the studio, I painted a self-portrait. My color choices were intense: bright, warm yellows in the skin tones, and blues, greens, and browns in the background. It seems to speak to the summer as I gaze over my shoulder. While summer season isn't officially over, the feeling that it's unwinding is present. The days are long and hot, school buses are back on the streets, and my focus turns inward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1782685272959-UYVPQ31HS4K8GZ6PXYA6/image-asset.jpeg Movies - I Stared at a Deer Until it Got Uncomfortable and Left On the rare occasion that I held a mutual gaze with a wild animal, I questioned whether or not it was trying to communicate with me. Subtle movements of the feet, tilt of the head, or angle of the ear, the small snorts. All these things may have spoken volumes to someone that speaks deer. In my recent work, I've been exploring themes involving communication. Radio waves that surround and flow through us, codes, words (both spoken and seen), for example. Of course my favorite is visual communication. It's how I am most comfortable communicating as an artist. This deer may have been afraid of me. It may have been fed by humans before and thought that I looked like a sucker. I can never know what evil may have lurked in the heart of that creature. It could be better that way, in order to preserve the mystery of life. Either this exchange was an incredible attempt at interspecies communication, or, I stared at a deer until it got uncomfortable and left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1587997871682-TAYHF2W6HMNR6AX2MHCB/image-asset.jpeg Movies - "Social Distance" painting time lapse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1782685384196-55N03IVTRFO9XVY4FRXQ/image-asset.jpeg Movies - How I Broke the Internet, and What I Learned From It In a funny twist of DIY failure, I broke my internet. For nearly a week, I had no wi-fi, and no connectivity. I anticipated that without its distractions, I would increase productivity and have better time management. The reality was not exactly what I'd expected. Join me for an epic tale featuring an A-Team B.A. Baracus (Mr. T) kite, surf skating, and other ridiculousness! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1559601392265-G90X12NQMASRBZYB3OAO/image-asset.jpeg Movies - "Mary's Lament" A time lapse of painting “Mary’s Lament”. Music by Junie & TheHutFriends. Please check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21zgE4E3Dig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1782685486079-QCTMW7G3HRRZNU67DIL5/image-asset.jpeg Movies - My Adidas! Art supplies and building materials can be expensive! I scavenged or salvaged the wood for this project to continue with an exploration of Pop Art! Art that's inspired by popular culture. This is a symbol that I see daily, and it isn't the first time that it has inspired art! My Adidas! This build is a culmination of found materials, Pop Art, and Dadaism! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1586036307910-9K99UYPRP0FNL2RI3R7B/blob Movies - I've been included in a museum show! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1782685616090-XB8FOPCDYFX8PUUOJ2SN/image-asset.jpeg Movies - Sol Lewitt's Sentences on Conceptual Art This video features Sol Lewitt's Sentences on Conceptual Art from 1968. I didn't modify the sentences, but said them as they were originally written. They are gender specific, referring to the artist as he/him. We begin the video in Atlanta, at the High Museum of Art, for a viewing of Lewitt's Wall Drawing #729 Irregular Color Bands. From there, I begin walking across the screen from left to right. Join me for a conceptual walk through 35 spaces and places as I state 35 sentences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1554485288903-MU65SJGHQQ64VFOC0LSG/image-asset.jpeg Movies - First Lick of Summer Some silliness, and some serious painting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1782685755753-9RU1TZYDDPTPOGPRRY8A/image-asset.jpeg Movies - "Repair" a movie by Rachael Padilla (with sage wisdom from Van Neistat) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1552169895936-7B4UK349YCVVCE87OQNA/image-asset.jpeg Movies - My new costume reveal! (Mary Magdalene) Mary Magdalene, a recurring subject in art and iconography. Now, it's my turn. I've finally finished my costume! This is a brief recap of the project to date, and a reveal of the new costume. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/5bc1f2fd8165f51c6ae28342/6a41a208e9f030214528312c/1782686366709/ Movies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1551542208251-L3PLD4V6Z6HGSFN3KUJC/image-asset.jpeg Movies - How I Paint Magnolias https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1549477780806-XBR1JJJTAI8WD5OO5N8V/IMG_0941+%282%29.JPG Movies - For the Love of Bubble Gum The latest paintings for my series on childlike wonder! I talk about the inspiration and process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584c7238d1758ef90fecb151/1559572016848-J95VHTKR8RLS0EURS2Z7/IMG_2097.JPG Movies - Sunflower Painting Time lapse painting of a sunflower. 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