Rachael Padilla

Corny Slide Show

For the purposes of creating a painting, I will take reference photos of a subject. It's funny though, how many reference photos are taken. It's often in excess. Here, a slideshow of all the photos...

Wednesday Walk: Through the Changing Seasons

Wow! I feel like I've walked a lot of miles with you. It is striking to me how the back drops for my Wednesday Walks change so much throughout the year. From the golden autumns, to sweltering hot s...

Behind the Scenes

I've got big plans for gardening and pepper plants.

I love spicy food, and the Georgia clay really seems to do wonders for jalapeños. I've enjoyed so many delicious, flavorful, and hot pep...

Tuesday Update

Happy Taco Tuesday! Here's what's going on with me this week.

From creating clay brains to cyanotypes. One of which is perfect for rainy day weather and the other perfect for sunshine. I've ...

Just Hangin' Around

In between art projects, I'm just hangin' around.

Like, actually hanging, from a bar.. Trying to build core strength. It is something that I need to do, given my age and my life experience. ...

Today’s cyanotypes

Taking advantage of the sunshine when I have it. Today was a sunny day, so it worked out. It is possible to properly expose cyanotypes in overcast conditions, but I haven’t had the best results ...

Don't Panic

Action Pants: Genital Panic, was first conceived of and performed by Valie Export in 1969. In 2005, Marina Abramovich repeated the action, or performance. This is my version.

I believe that ...

Haikus for Spring

As the days warm, I feel myself shaking off the remnants of winter and warming at the thought of new things to come. Here, some visuals to accompany my springtime haikus and my new feeling of hope ...

In Progress

Over the course of a couple of days, I worked on the art of dorodango, which I've read translates as "shiny dumpling". It's not unlike making mud pies, but the results are much more lovely. This i...

Wednesday Walk

It's a beautiful day for a walk along the water. I'll take in some fresh air and sunshine as the landscape around me comes to life on this second day of spring.

Tuesday Update

Happy Taco Tuesday! I hope your week is off to a great start. 

Here's what's going on with me. 

As I Work, I Think

A behind the scenes look at my thought process as I work. 

I had assumed when I started out today that I had figured out what was next. But the creative process is rarely cut and dry. It...

In Progress: My Brain

From a large lump of clay, I carve a brain. 

This will be an additional component for the sculpture I've been working on lately. 

The technique I've been using the past few mo...

In Progress: Cyanotype

An update on my progress with cyanotype printing. 

As an example in contrast, the first print featured in this movie is from a package of prepared cyano sheets. While I think that it loo...

In Progress

Today's progress. 

I completed another casting. First mixing up the molding material. A gelatinous, squishy, lumpy concoction that resembles some kind  of gray porridge. After stand...

Wednesday Walk

It was positively a beautiful day for a walk. It's the first time this year that my arms have been warmed by sun!

After days of rain, the streams were flowing. Everything seemed to be a brigh...

Tuesday Update

I hope your Tuesday is beautiful. I am enjoying the warming weather.

 I have a couple of new ideas in the works. Including some cyanotypes and a way to incorporate my pottery into my new...

Panocha

With my wheat flour prepared, it's time to make the pudding. 

I may still have to experiment with recipes in order to achieve the likeness of the panocha my grandmother used to make. But...

Milling the Grain

This is, "Milling the Grain". A performative video piece. 

This piece began as an exercise in heritage.  A celebration of the special treat that my grandmother would make for an Eas...

The Atlanta Cyclorama

I finally got to experience the Cyclorama. 

Long before the Apple Vision Pro, there were cycloramas. These enormous, immersive paintings were the 1880s version of virtual reality. The At...

Sneak Peek

A sneak peek at what I saw today. It is a massive piece of art and I've never seen anything quite like it. It's been a piece I've been meaning to see for years, but I've only just now gotten around...

Tuesday Update

Happy Taco Tuesday! 

Here's an update on everything I've been working on this week. From building, to pottery, to milling grain. There's a lot going on, and I'm so excited to share it wi...

Some Highlights of Today's Projects

Working on several things today. Here are some of the highlights from my camera roll. 

Featured first is a photo of my dehydrator as I load it up with parchment lined sheets covered in s...

Work in Progress

Continuing my work on building a pedestal. I've gathered some of the various pieces together for this video in an attempt to show how they'll ultimately come together!

Spring Rain

Slowly, spring is creeping in. This spring rain had a slight chill to it. It made me shiver. So unlike the summer showers to come. 

I've been making music for many of my recent movies, b...

Behind the Scenes: Making Music

With a new commitment to making my own music in order to ensure that my work is all mine, I recorded the process. 

First selecting sounds on my Korg Kaossilator Pro+ that seem to fit the...

Today’s Progress

A little more progress on the plinth/pedestal that will house the radio components as well as display the sculptural self portrait.

So it begins…

This artwork began as an idea. Then it transitioned to its first real form: sketches in my sketchbook. Now begins the process of bringing the concept to three dimensions of a self portrait that tr...

Wednesday Walk

Setting out on a rather warm walk under a gray sky promising rain. 

Just a few seconds into my walk I make a funny face. I genuinely try not to disrupt the world around me when I go for ...

Tuesday Update

Where to begin? I've had so much thinking and planning to do with my new series of art based on communication. All of the ways and means to communicate, and new artworks I can make to help convey t...