Raquel Carter’s practice spans painting, sculpture, drawing and carved works on paper. Guided by a sensory connection to her environment, her distinctive visual language blends symbolism, narrative, science, experience and a reverence for nature. Her works often combine mediums, from paintings with sculptural assemblage to drawings that are intricately pierced and carved. For Raquel, a painting is not simply a window onto the world but a tool of transformative self-discovery, offering viewers a moment to slow down, observe a space of stillness and connection with their own understanding of the natural world

Grounded in an intuitive, material-led approach. Her work explores the body as a sensory vessel — one that records and carries the imprint of lived experience across both internal and external environments. Through processes such as layering, carving, and mirrored paint techniques, she maps shifting subconscious landscapes, where natural forms and inner states become intertwined. Drawing on symbolism, embodied knowledge, and a sensitivity to the unseen forces of experience, Raquel’s works move between the physical and the psychological. For her, painting is not simply representational, but a method of inquiry — a way of accessing, translating, and holding the complex dialogue between the body, memory, and the environments we inhabit.