RACHEL GALEA (b.1973) - LANDSCAPE EXPRESSIONS

RACHEL GALEA

Born in Malta in 1973 and moved and moved to Gozo when she was eleven years old.   Rachel always had a keen interest in painting and attended private lessons at an early age. After finishing school she worked at her family business. She continued her interest in painting and after becoming a mother she attended more private art tution for 4 years with professional British artist Graham Gurr. Within a couple of years she began exhibiting firstly in collective exhibitions and then in August 2009 helf her first solo exhibition 'ALIVE IN COLOUR' at the Banca Giuratale - Victoria, receiving much local acclaim. A second solo exhibition was held in November 2009 at the Hotel Excelsior - Floriana while in April 2011 Rachel held her third personal exhibition 'Colours of an Island',  once again at the Banca Giuratale in Victoria - Gozo.

Rachel has established herself in a prolific way working from he studio at home. She works in a variety of media and a range of topics producing some fantasy, abstract and landscape paintings. Her personal style has been developing over a number of years and her work can sometimes be conceptual and others more impressionistic.

Xaghra Landscape

Lunzjatata after the rain

 Ghajsielem

 Mgarr

 Xaghra from Marsalforn

Salvatur

Citadel from Kercem

Citadel from Kercem (detail)

Fontana after the rain 

Mgarr ix-Xini

 Ta' Lourdes

 Kantra

 Qala Sunset

Qolla s-Safra

Nadur