art diva studios visuals and verbiage by Rachelle Díaz
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Hippy Fit (a zine) – now available on etsy
A personal photographic essay reconciling art, fashion and fitness through a bizarre combination of sports marketing and psychedelic illusions. All photography, graphic design, verbiage, digital printing & staple binding personally completed with love by yours truly in Austin, Texas. 24 pages 5″ x 7″ signed limited first edition of 31 prints Yours for a mere [...]
Women In Psych mix
[download] World of Dreams – The Cake Sally Go Round The Roses – Grace Markay* Hide & Seek – The Feminine Complex What A Way To Die – The Pleasure Seekers Twilight Dreamer – Earth & Fire*** Little Sadie – Trees** Beauty – Mad Curry*** Tuesday – Birtha Hard Chargin’ Woman – Zephyr Lottery – [...]
No Wave [autoritratti]
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After a creatively dismal 4th Quarter 2010, 2011 is already off on a highly productive note. I’m really interested in listening to music again, constantly, which as a general pattern with me indicates that sparks are a-flyin’! Scroll down for some recent hair/make-up/photog woodshedding. [inspired by ZE Records' Mutant Disco vol. 1]
Disco à la mode
Ring in your New Year with some disco… check out my Disco à la mode mix! Part 1: [download] 1. High On Disco (LeBaron Edit) – Nytro 2. That’s hot (Instrumental) – Jesse Gee 3. Something’s Up (Love Me Like The First Time) – Wayne St. John 4. Having It So Bad For You (Edit) – [...]
FeminiNRG mix & digital costume
Not your run-of-the-mill “ladies of the 80′s”! A mix of energetic ItaloDisco and sweet Euro synth-pop. Be sure to watch the youtube links too, you won’t regret it! DOWNLOAD 1. Upside Down – Vanessa (recommended youtube-ing) 2. Shine Up – Doris D And The Pins (recommended youtube-ing) 3. Menhungry – Maxine Dee 4. Instant Love [...]
Coveted Fangirl
I am so thrilled to be featured on one of my favorite fashion blogs, The Coveted. Hostess-with-the-mostest Jennine is the perfect combination of sweetheart and go-getter, and that’s what I love about her blog. See the full post here: This Old Rag? Our lurking treasures…
Black Candy
Black Candy Digital photographs and spray paint on rice paper October 2008 This is the final concept of Black Candy. It is not so much of a diptych as a magazine spread-type concept. The idea was to, of course, make a poster-size painting for a blacklight art show, but also to evoke a strong emotional [...]
Sugar-Power-Women
This popped into my head as I was going to sleep last night. The best time for art ideas. It’s a Homer Simpson quote from one of my favorite episodes. Can you guess which one? August 7, 2008 Photoshop
Alter Ego
I was invited to be in an art show called Alter Ego. For several months, I’ve had the idea to do some art/fashion portraits of the regular characters I inhabit in the theater of my head. I wanted to show the inner alter egos we all have, how we see ourselves in fantasies, daydreams, and [...]
Fabrotica
I mentioned in my last post that I was going to Katy Heinlein’s show at Women & Their Work, Unknown Pleasures. I wasn’t disappointed. On a compositional/first-impression level, all the pieces were wonderful examples of balanced, yet exciting design: straight lines contrasted with ripples, muted tones and bright, almost neon colors. Then, as I took [...]
The Gender of Grassroots
When you look at a cross-section of the grassroots, contemporary visual arts upstarts in Austin, most were founded by men, or a majority of men form the entities running these spaces (Okay Mountain, ArtPalace, Mass Gallery, Bolm Studios, Fresh Up Club, to name a few). In this brief and underdeveloped analysis, I am not including [...]
Svata
2007 Acrylic and puff paint on vintage fabric, 18″ x 24″ $175
Caché
Based on a sketchbook collage. 2006 Acrylic and puff paint on vintage fabric, 18″ x 24″ $175
Lush
2006 Acrylic and puff paint on vintage fabric, 18″ x 24″ $175
Voyeur
This etching came about from one of my sketchbook collages. Processes used were aquatint, hard ground, soft ground and transfer. 2001 Zinc plate etching NFS
Cittá (city)
The visual of this etching is one of my sketchbook collages, put together from different Italian magazines. I enjoyed etching’s fusion of detailed calculation and science with unpredictable experimetation. It’s like my life. 2001 Zinc plate etching NFS
Giggle
This piece is based on a photograph I took of myself in 2003. 2006 Acrylic on cloth, 18″ x 24″ $300
Skin Trade
I was listening to Duran Duran a lot in 1999. I was also not paying much attention in science class that year. This painting came from a science class doodle while I had Duran Duran’s ‘Skin Trade’ in my head. “Would someone please explain / the reason for this strange behaviour / in exploitation’s name? [...]
I’m So Glad To Grow Older
I did this painting coming out of a bad relationship. The title is lyrics from a Morissey song: ‘I’m so glad to grow older / to move away from those awful times / I’m in love for the first time / and I don’t feel bad.’ 2000 Acrylic on canvas, 20″ x 28″ $250
No Mercy
What I liked about this series was that the women in the images were old, not that attractive, but still dressed nicely and wearing makeup. Yet instead of being contrived anti-models (who are fantasy) these women were very real, gritty. Something rarely seen in advertising. 2003 Acrylic on canvas, 36″ x 48″ $400
Beg/Act
The photo was taken from a Legacy ad against smoking. Obviously they were ill or suffering some kind of smoking-related loss. But without the anti-smoking message, the women’s faces looked like they were experiencing extreme pain or extreme pleasure in this sexual manner. I decided to combine 2 expressive yet ambiguous facial expressions for each [...]
We’ve Got It
I had saved these small magazine clippings for about three years, blew them up on a color copier, and also copied my hand on the glass. This piece shows personal themes of media, gender and food, all tied up with red thread. 2004 Mixed media on canvas, 18″ x 24″ $150
Kaja
This portrait of a friend is done on a decoupaged piece of wood I found at a thrift store. 2004 Acrylic on found art, 5″ x 7″ $40
Lost in thought
Depression, or, Why Do Hot Dog Buns Come In Packages of 8 But Hot Dog Buns Come In Packages of 10? A friend suggested the second title. It’s such a serious subject, so it’s nice to have a funny twist. Plus, I’m a huge Animaniacs fan! 2004 Acryilc on peg board, 24″ x 36″ Collection [...]
