Your Wild and Precious Life by Rachel Noffke

Your Wild and Precious Life
Rachel Noffke
Acrylic on canvas
30"h x 24"w x 1.5"d, unframed
2026

For some, like these wild horses, their stories are witnessed only by the stars. I like the idea that this piece depicts a life of wildness in the world that is known only by other unbridled celestial elements.

Get to Know the Austin Artist:
My work varies between the abstract and the representational. My abstract pieces tend to contain bold colors, patterns, and repeating shapes or objects, as I like to experiment with how those objects and colors react with each other and whether that reaction causes the viewer to stay longer with the painting. In both types of paintings, I enjoy referring to a color, pattern, or shape (or even historical event or memory) that I think most people would recognize or have a connection to and then incorporating that connection and feeling into the painting. I also like to substitute 2-dimensional objects or patterns for 3-dimensional parts of the painting especially when that substitution creates a common reference. My inspiration is usually based on a color palette or pattern that I have an emotional reaction to. By design or happenstance, those colors or images relate to a memory or idea or feeling and if possible I will incorporate that memory into the painting.