Rachel Collier-Wilson - Creative With Line

27/05/2026

In the studio today. Drawing out ideas for cats cradle, the games we play. Compressed charcoal on Fabriano paper, with red ink and then pink pastel. Thinking of the Passing Pride exhibition, playing with identity. Play and games often appear in my work. The games of navigating through a heteronormative world? Reclamation of the games of youth? The game of hide and seek we play with identity.

Anyway. I like the drawings. It was good to just sketch.

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19/05/2026

Drawing

Continuous line drawing of a hand using wire on a wooden block. I’ll be making another to connect with thread. Preparation for a larger piece, but feeling love for the study. I’ve a couple of pieces I’m working on for Threads as bloodlines, threads we weave to create our own genealogy More on that soon!

08/05/2026

Not sure what’s going on with these drawings, but some studio time today was an excellent detraction from events in the world today.

Coloured charcoal and pastel on paper…a bit of red ink in the last image (working drawing for a sculpture)

04/05/2026

I have crows with flags. That is all.

Up next, with all the Q***r crows! And linocuts, inky loveliness and affordable art prints…oh. And a few T-shirts.

We will be in pop-up space  #12 5-10 May 2026

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28/04/2026

I’m working on a new drawing inspired by a recent city break in Madrid. Sketches from Prado.

Spraying breasts apparently a symbol of divine nourishment, fertility, and cosmic power. Currently the cherub is distributing flowers… but I might change what it’s distributing…carabiners perhaps? Any suggestions welcome.

I’m liking it so far.

22/04/2026

I’ll be here on Saturday- I’ve an outside pitch!

🌟✨ SPRING MAKERS MARKET – THIS SATURDAY ✨🌟

Join us at The Forum for a day of local craftsmanship and creativity.

With over 80 stalls inside and out, discover handcrafted homewares, jewellery, art, ceramics, and gourmet treats — all in a lively, buzzing atmosphere.

🗓 Saturday 25th April | 10am – 4pm | FREE ENTRY

21/04/2026

Thought I’d share this painting for Le***an visibility week. Mainly because I’ve just completed it, and it seems vaguely relevant, also, it’s a nice orange beanie.

Love and identity are not quiet. My identity is defiant and you can’t ignore it. Gender nonconforming d**e amongst the socially acceptable rules…but who made the rules. We certainly don’t have to follow them.

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19/04/2026

The three Graces, quick oil sketch, using my sketch from visiting Ruben’s painting of the same name (you couldn’t take photos, so I sketched in the gallery) when visiting Madrid last month.

The original painting representing Beauty, Sexuality and Fertility, many artists depicting the same theme. Considering what mine might represent…Strength, body positivity and F**k the patriarchy perhaps?

Anyway. I like it in its immediacy and what appears to be only a loose knowledge of human anatomy and scale!

18/04/2026

Arm wrestle or foreplay? The strength to find love.

I’ve enjoyed creating g lines to describe the form of the bodies. Particularly that breast. 🙂

It’s been a while since I’ve made a linocut , swipe to see the drawings and progress to create the image.

10/12/2025

Never tiring of the light in this studio

Work in progress

Wire, ink, cardboard, and sunlight

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