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Connections and Alliances

View of the exhibition Connections and Alliances in the Nest Gallery. On either side of the entrance doors there are large-scale charcoal drawings.

Large scale drawings created in the Nest Gallery through the AIRIE (artist in residence in the Everglades) residency program during February 2020. Visitors to the gallery were invited to watch the drawing process from 2:00-4:00pm February 2-8.

A large-scale charcoal drawing by Rachel Gray of a forest fire in the Everglades.
The artist, Rachel Gray, looks out the window of the Nest Gallery at a controlled fire burning palm trees, and a fire fighter extinguishing the fire with a hose.
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The artist, Rachel Gray, crouches with charcoal in hand as she works on her large-scale drawing.
The artist, Rachel Gray, with her feet suspended mid-air, as she jumps to reach the top of her large-scale charcoal drawing. The ground below her is littered with pieces of charcoal.
A detail of large-scale charcoal drawing by Rachel Gray featuring Anhinga chicks in their nest in the Everglades.
The artist, Rachel Gray, crouches with charcoal in hand, as she works on her large-scale charcoal drawing of trees in the Everglades.
The artist, Rachel Gray, consults her reference images, as she works on her large-scale charcoal drawings of forest fires in the Everglades.
The artist, Rachel Gray, wears a respirator mask while spraying fixative to her large-scale charcoal drawings.
Large-scale charcoal drawings of Rachel Gray's artwork in her exhibition Connection and Alliances in the Nest Gallery.
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