Rachel Darnell’s most recent group of paintings in her exhibition titled “Interconnected” continues her passion for expressing contemporary variations using antiquated weaving techniques. An intricate process of cutting linear lengths of canvas are interposed above and below the paintings surface. The embroider gives distinction by combining white and gold leaf metal that subside into abstract foliages encompassing the textural canvas weave. The surfaces are again penetrated giving rise and fall to painterly fields of oil color. The prominently textured weave achieves an architectural element of strength thru form while defying the intricate nature of weaving. The exquisite “Guggenheim Trance” discloses a passage toward a spiritual timelessness of desire, beauty and strength. Rachel Darnell creates pieces that communicate many cultures, ideologies and periods of art history while distinguished as a contemporary. To find the thread that connects all things is only part of the philosophy and physicality embedded within her weave.