Rachel Blackwell is a visual artist and writer who focuses on a mythopoetic relationship with the more than human world. That is to say she hangs out on the humpback bridge between the imaginal realm and the living world. A bridge that sometimes might have an undine chatting to a troll under it,

She is influenced by animist and Earth based spiritualities, British folklore, and an eclectic mix of mythos from across the globe.

The world she paints is called Ethereal Earth, you know the place. It’s the realm where the other world and this one meet.

She grew up regularly visiting the Pre-Raphaelite collection at Birmingham Museum and art Gallery with her grandad.  The imagery of mythic Britain deepened her already enchanted vision of a landscape where the ancient past is always present with standing stones found scattered through fields and sacred wells in hidden corners, and witch ponds full of lost tales.

She is deep in the process of  creating a fairy tarot deck for us games inc.  A universe of fairy that brings her interest in psychology, animism and esoteric/occult together with her art practice. For a deeper dive into her process with tarot you can visit her Substack Earth dreaming.  

Ethereal Earth is also the name of her Eco-Conscious design studio creating illustrated gifts and homeware based on her work.