I am a watercolor artist who uses horror themes to depict growth through personal hardship and life coming from death. Vivid colors are present throughout my work to illustrate both the colors we miss in looking at the world around us and to demonstrate hope in seemingly hopeless situations. These colors are also present in the grotesque things of our world, but they represent beauty and possibility to me.
I paint figures who have magical qualities to them or are somehow “othered” in their appearance, thus making them outsiders to our society. I want my audience to see their personal growth and what they are becoming. I want to show that someone who has been through a traumatic event can blossom into something they never imagined. I am influenced by the process of decay, queerness, and the impact of magical thinking. My artwork is informed by my life.
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Rain Black, M.P.H., CPH (Fae/He) is a trans autistic watercolor artist and forager who earned faers bachelor’s degrees in Biology, Public Health and Art from Cedar Crest College. He holds a Master of Public Health degree in epidemiology from the University of South Florida and is Certified in Public Health. He is a community educator with 7 years of experience focusing on topics around domestic and intimate partner abuse, queer and transgender justice, foraged art making, life skills, and public health. Fae also teaches about native plants, forest conservation, and foraging on social media and in person. He is a founding organizer of Queer & Trans Lehigh Valley.
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