Rachael Grad
Motherhood Hit Me Like a Train
Watercolour on Paper
2021
Rachael Grad is a Toronto artist, mom of three, and former lawyer who has studied and worked in the US, France, Italy, and Hong Kong. She left practicing law to study painting full-time at the New York Studio School and New York University before transferring to OCAD University. Grad graduated OCAD as the Governor General Academic Medal and Mrs. W.O. Forsyth Award Winner. Trained to paint and draw from life, Grad’s current art practice incorporates digital painting and collage to assist her observational drawing and painting. Currently in the Master of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) program at York University, Grad combines her experience as a mother, former lawyer, and traveler into her artwork and curatorial projects. Creating work based on parenting moments, current series include “Motherhood Hit Me Like A Train” works on paper that use trains as paintbrushes and “Mommy Mayhem” digital collages and abstract expressionist paintings.
