Rachel Rose transports viewers into dreamlike landscapes where familiar botanical forms become metaphors for resilience, vulnerability, and transformation.

ESCAPE, is centered around the palm tree – a symbol of paradise and escape whose sharp, strong fronds reveal a more complex nature – the paintings draw from the artist’s experience living with lupus, an invisible autoimmune disease that exists beneath an outward appearance of wellness. Alongside roses and coneflowers, these iconic plants challenge simplified ideas of beauty, revealing hidden layers of protection, healing, and endurance.