UpComing Event
Gallery Night | November 7th
One of my favorite nights of the year is coming up! Gallery Night turns tons of local businesses into galleries, and everyone gets out to explore art. I am so excited to be showing art at two galleries this year - hope to see you there :)
November 7th, 2025
Carnelian Art Gallery | Surrealism Show | 5-8pm
221 King St suite 102, Madison, WI 53703
American Feral | Fall Show | 5-12pm
2150 E. Washington Ave., Madison, WI
About The Artist
Background
Style and Process
Style and Process
Rachael Hunter is a painter based in Madison, Wisconsin. Growing up in Minnesota as an only child, she spent much of her time playing make-believe. She continues this practice today by creating paintings that inhabit a world parallel to ours that is entirely her own.
Style and Process
Style and Process
Style and Process
Rachael’s focus is on creating ambiguous, unsettling narratives that invite viewers to create meaning for themselves. She works primarily with oil, acrylic, and flashe paints on alternative surfaces. Wood planks found on the side of the road are intuitively carved into blobs, and bedsheets sourced from friends, second-hand stores, or even her own bed become her canvas.
Inspiration
Style and Process
Inspiration
A key influence in her artistic journey is the legacy of the magical realists of the Midwest, such as Sylvia Fein and John Wilde. Like these artists, Rachael uses her paintings to explore and understand an increasingly horrifying reality. With fascism on the rise, she paints to keep it together and find meaning in it all.