Recent Work

At Winchester Galleries on Broad Street

November 27 – December 20, 2008

Opening: Thursday, November 27, 2008 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Rachel Berman is a self-educated painter who has lived and worked in Canada, the United States, and Ireland. Born in New Orleans, Rachel has worked as a professional artist for over thirty years. Rachel Berman’s artwork is a visual diary of her perceptions as she travels through the urban landscape.  Her subject matter probes the inner life of the denizens of cities including London, New York, Dublin and Victoria.

Her paintings have been likened to the poems of Leonard Cohen. The mysterious figures and hidden stories glimpsed in her paintings are a reflection of the mysteries Berman has unravelled in her own life. Once known as Susan King, she discovered her original birth name, birth date, and the names of her biological parents several years ago. This experience led her to reclaim her long-lost name. Rachel Berman lives in Victoria, British Columbia.