RACHEL RIXEN

Rachel Rixen is a Chicago-based American watercolor artist and urban sketcher who works from travel and memory. She grew up in Minnesota, studied in Paris, and has run her art business, Lakes and Lights Art, since 2014. She became a full-time painter in 2023 and was an artist-in-residence at La Maison de Beaumont in Provence in 2024 and 2025.