image_above: Rachel Hayden, Mirror in the Sky. Image courtesy of the artist.

COOL WIP episode 24:

coolin with Rachel Hayden

Spark some joy in your life! Please Swedish purge your negative energy to make room for the paintings of Rachel Hayden

Rachel Hayden, badass Brooklyn based painter and bat-wing liner enthusiast, manifests order out of chaos. Through the paradoxical power of painting parameters, Hayden allows herself the freedom to explore the duality and ambiguity of self-identity, loss, anxiety, and the occupation of space in her hyper-saturated “life on canvas” described by a unique code of recurring symbols. We’re talking butterflies, clip-art, buff babes, and TAMMY FREAKIN’ BROWN. Catch Hayden's work on IG @rachelahayden