Rachel Herrera

Artwork submitted for bid 
at our September 6, 2009 auction:


"Family"
20"x20", Oil
Gallery Price: $1,000

Rachel Herrera was born just outside of Denver Colorado and has been painting in Fort Collins since 1998.
Herrera attended Colorado State University in 1999, majoring in fine art. In the summer of 2001, she went abroad to study at the Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy where she had basic classical training in the figure.
Rachel creates compositions in the classical tradition inspired by the human form and objects found in everyday life. Painting mostly from life, she focuses on the quality of light and its relationship to an object or form. She has taken several workshops from local and national artists including David Leffel, Ron Hicks, Ken Valastro, and Daniel Edmondson.
Currently her artwork can be seen at The Gallery Underground Studios in Old Town Fort Collins.
Herrera's goal is to "accurately express herself through her paintings and to paint with integrity and purpose."
In 2003 Rachel founded the Colorado Coalition of Artists (CoCOA) in Fort Collins, Colorado. CoCOA is an artist’s cooperative offering classes, workshops and studio space. Currently, she is the Executive Director of Fort Collins' Arts Council, Arts Alive Fort Collins.

AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS

-October 2008 Gallery Underground. Fort Collins, Colorado

-September 2007 Arts Heroines Show, Vault. Fort Collins, Colorado

-August 2007 Coopersmith's show. Fort Collins, Colorado

-June 2007 Summer Art Market. Arts Student's Leage. Denver, Colorado

-October 2006 Juror of the Thompson Valley Art League Fall Show

-September 2004, First Place, Runner Up People's Choice and Third Place, Glenwood Springs Fall Art Festival, Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

-August 2004, Best in Show, Emerging Artists Exhibition at RL Foster Galleries, Denver, Colorado

-March 2004- Current, Centennial Galleries, 233 Linden Street Fort Collins, Colorado. 970-221-5290.

-April 2004 Honorable Mention. Northern Colorado Artists Association National Juried Show, Fort Collins, Colorado

-December 2003, Colorado Coalition of Artists Holiday Art Fundraiser to Benefit Project Self Sufficiency. Fort Collins, Colorado.

- Oct-December 2003: Art Students League of Denver Holiday Art Exhibition. Denver, Colorado.

- Sept. 2003: Honorable Mentions Professional Division; Glenwood Springs Fall Art Festival, Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

- Sept. 2002: Grand Champ Advanced Division; Glenwood Springs Fall Art Festival, Glenwood Springs, Colorado

- 2001- Hospice of Larimer County Fine Art Benefit; Bank One, Loveland Colorado

- Sept. 2001-2007: Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction, Bellvue, Colorado

-1998-2001- Gallery in the Ally-The Liz Todd Group, Fort Collins, Colorado

See more of Rachel's work at:
www.rachelpaintings.com

 

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