Rachel Cruse: Room to Breathe

Rachel Cruse is a Vancouver Island artist residing in the Cowichan Valley. She has been painting and creating for as long as she can remember, her interests and influences in art are varied; she adored Van Gogh as a child, Emily Carr as a teenager, and the Pre-Raphaelite beauties of Dante Gabriel Rossetti when she was a young adult. Currently she's focused on portraying gorgeous and wild west coast landscapes. Painting from her treehouse art studio in Cowichan Station, Rachel likes to call her paintings “artful dispatches for your wild nature soul.” Her paintings reflect deep longings for nature and simplicity. They embody light, flow, room to breathe and a profound love for the natural world.