Rachel Weissman is an academically trained and practicing visual artist who received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her education in drawing, painting, and design provided a strong foundation in form, color, and composition, while her ongoing practice explores the more subtle terrain of awareness, perception, and presence.

Rachel is also a certified meditation teacher. Her spiritual foundation draws on Advaita Vedanta, Hindu Tantra, and Tibetan Buddhism, and is further informed by contemporary psychological, somatic, and integral developmental approaches. These influences converge in a practice that seeks not only to depict but to embody the experience of consciousness itself.

Through her work, she invites viewers into a state of visual meditation. Each painting becomes a moment of inquiry into the nature of seeing and being seen, where gesture and stillness meet. Her process is rooted in observation yet guided by intuition, allowing form to emerge naturally without force or fixed intent.

Her intention is that each piece serve as an opening, an opportunity to slow down and allow art to illuminate the ineffable. In this way, her paintings become contemplative spaces where awareness deepens, consciousness expands, and the boundary between viewer and viewed begins to soften.

Rachel welcomes a small number of direct commissions and patron relationships each year. These collaborations support the creation of new contemplative works and deepen the dialogue between artist and collector. Each patronage unfolds uniquely, guided by shared inquiry, presence, and trust. Works may be commissioned privately or developed as part of ongoing creative support. If you are interested, please reach out to her directly through the Contact page.