Episode 101

101: Artist Spotlight: Alexandra Carter

Published on: 27th April, 2023

In this Artist Spotlight, I welcome local artist and figurative painter Alexandra Carter. Alexandra’s work currently explores fertility, motherhood, and the feminine. We talk about her journey to becoming an artist and a mother, her sources of inspiration, the unique material she uses, and how her journey with fertility has impacted her creative work. Her work is currently being shown at Oolong Gallery in Solana Beach, alongside her friend and fellow artist Christiana Updegraff. The show runs through May 6, 2023, and you can learn more about it here.

In this episode, Alexandra mentions the acupuncturist she works with, Emily Marson. Learn more about her and her clinic, Aphrodite Fertility.

Guest Bio

Alexandra Carter (b. 1985 in Boston) grew up in South Shore Massachusetts and now lives and works in San Diego, California. She received an MFA from Goldsmiths University of London in 2015 and a BA from Rhodes College in Memphis in 2009. Recent solo exhibitions include “Bumps & Grinds” at Rogers Gallery in Las Vegas, “A Sense of Heat in Her Brain” at Luna Anaïs Gallery Los Angeles, “Berries for Baubo” and “All gods are hot” both at Radiant Space Los Angeles. Other solo exhibitions include Fusion Gallery (Turin, Italy), Southfork (Memphis), Projecto’ace Foundation (Buenos Aires), and the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. She has been selected for residency projects nationally and internationally, including the Kone Foundation’s Saari Residence (Finland), Rogers Art Loft (Las Vegas), KulturKontakt Austria (Vienna), Qwatz (Rome), Graniti Murales (Sicily), Vice~Versa Foundation (Goa, India), RECSIM (Jashipur, India), Galerija-Muzej Lendava (Slovenia), and the Kentucky Foundation for Women (Prospect, KY).

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Rachel Larraine Crawford is an award-winning Holistic Interior Designer and pioneering entrepreneur empowered by insightful expertise as a Mystic, Reiki Master, Tarot Reader, Feng Shui Practitioner, and Energy Healer. Her intimate connection to intuition and ancestral roots enabled her to rise above a challenging childhood and blossom into a powerful, impassioned healer. As the founder of Tiger Veil, she supports clients in realizing their unique vision for an indoor environment that connects intuitive design with spiritual enlightenment. As a podcaster and founder of the Design Coven mentorship program, Crawford is actively shaping a more uplifting, holistic world of design while leading the way for others who seek to forge a fulfilling, non-traditional career path.
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Rachel is a Mystic, Reiki Master, Tarot Reader, Feng Shui Practitioner, Energy Healer, and Holistic Interior Designer, whose intimate connection to her intuition and ancestral roots enabled her to rise above a challenging childhood and blossom into the powerful and impassioned healer she is today.

Committed to empowering others by teaching modalities that support connection to intuition, Rachel hosts workshops and retreats focused on the ancient practices of Feng Shui, Tarot, crystals, herbs and oils, ritual and ceremony, astrology and metaphysics — in addition to live and virtual new moon and full moon circles.

Rachel also lends her harmonious and balancing acumen to the creation of energetically aligned spaces through Holistic Interior Design. Since earning her Associates Degree and Certificate in Interior Design 2005, she has created and collaborated on a multitude of award-winning residential and commercial spaces, including Realm of the 52 Remedies (with Onairos Design), all while becoming certified in Classical Flying Stars Feng Shui through the International School of Feng Shui (2015), studying the practices of Land Healing, Ritual, and Ceremony under Amanda Sophia & Alex Stark in Ireland, and with "House Whisperer," Christian Kyriacou.
Rachel's work has been featured in several exhibitions, including KAABOO, a music, comedy, culinary and art festival held in Del Mar, CA, where as part of an experiential art installation by Carly Ealey and Madeleine Tonzi, she created a crystal grid below the piece, clearing the participating auras before entering the installation. Her designs have been published in San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles, Modern Luxury Magazine, San Diego Magazine, Exquisite Weddings, Style & Decor and Serendipity Magazine.

You may also connect with Rachel on a regular basis through Patreon, where she is is creating Mystical Rituals and Sacred Spaces, providing Tarot Readings, and nurturing spiritual connections.

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