Rachel Beltz uses her miniature watercolor paintings to push her audience out of the daily norm; making them remember the “smaller,” beautiful details of life.
Using this medium, she aims to create realistic miniatures all measuring in at about the size of a quarter. Imagine a house at this size- a hamburger?- maybe a huge desert with a cactus or even a cat; she has painted them all, plus about a hundred more and counting. Rachel constantly pushes the boundaries of this fluid medium; squeezing in all of the details she can, like the seed of a strawberry or the wrinkle of an elephant. The fast-paced society that she grew up in has caused her to want to make a difference.
RACHEL BELTZ
- 1995, Pennsylvania, United States
Currently lives and works in West Chester, Pennsylvania
EDUCATION
2012-2013 Studied under Lisa Bryan, Bayard Rustin High School
2014-2015 Marywood Univeristy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 19th Annual Miniature Show, Sunset Hill Jewelers & Fine Arts Gallery, PA
2017 FIXATE, Trocadero Theater, PA
2016 Bites: Coffee, Dessert Bar, IN
COLLECTIONS
2017 Private Collection, Hummingbirds, WA
2015 Private Collection, Yellow Roses, PA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2017 Wine Label, Places Wine, Australia
2017 Collaboration, Time Lapse Video, Daniel Wellington
2016 Set of Advertisements, IWC Schaffhausen, Hong Kong
SELECTED REVIEWS
2016 Beltz, Rachel. “I Paint Miniature Watercolors To Show That Beauty Is In The Little Things.” Bored Panda. 6 June 2016. Web. 17 July 2017.
Tinkerbell, Archie. “Cute Miniature Drawings By A 20-Year-Old Artist.” FREEYORK. FREEYORK.ORG, 27 Mar. 2017. Web. 17 July 2017.
Yi, Nicole. “These Tiny Watercolor Paintings Will Require a Magnifying Glass to See in Full.” POPSUGAR Tech. WWWPOPSUGAR.COM, 02 July 2016. Web. 17 July 2017.
Artist Statement
Rachel Beltz uses her miniature watercolor paintings to push her audience out of the daily norm; making them remember the “smaller,” beautiful details of life.
Using this medium, she aims to create realistic miniatures all measuring in at about the size of a quarter. Imagine a house at this size- a hamburger?- maybe a huge desert with a cactus or even a cat; she has painted them all, plus about a hundred more and counting. Rachel constantly pushes the boundaries of this fluid medium; squeezing in all of the details she can, like the seed of a strawberry or the wrinkle of an elephant. The fast-paced society that she grew up in has caused her to want to make a difference.