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Rachael Warner creates portraits in oil on wood. Her work is a celebration, capturing her subjects as bold, joyful, and unapologetically themselves. Warner challenges traditional ideas of whose likeness is deemed eternal and worthy of preservation. Warner’s work reflects the tension between the public and private personas of those she paints, what is performed and what is innate. Her portraits invite viewers to consider visibility and intimacy, offering a meditation on the beauty, resilience, and humanity of her subjects and revealing a vibrant and powerful community to the world.