Rachel Anne Schneider Watkins is a surreal fantasy painter born and raised in San Jose, California. With the Bay Area as her home, she attended the Academy of Art in San Francisco from 2012 - 2017. There she studied fine art with a focus on oil painting and graduated with a BFA. Her work ranges from portraiture and figure to abstract / surreal landscapes she calls her “fantasy landscapes.” Rachel’s passion lies at the heart of creating otherworldly imagery through exploration and introspection. She draws inspiration from weird fiction books, sci-fi media, atmospheric electronic music and the “eternal now.” Rachel resides in Costa Mesa, California with her husband Scott and cat Yumi. She loves to go for walks to enjoy nature as it brings her the energy she infuses into her paintings. 


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