Brilliant Aqua Studios

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Welcome!

Hi, I’m Rachel Penton—the artist behind Brilliant Aqua Studios!!

I am a self-taught artist and work out of my home studio. I’m currently relocating to Seattle, WA after living in Chapel Hill, NC for 6 years. Before that, I was in Ventura, CA. While much of my time is spent developing undergraduate neuroscience curricula, I am dedicated to my art practice. I am an intuitive abstract expressionist painter and a process artist and I experience the most joy from expressing myself through colorful puddles of fluid paint and lots of scribbles!!

My painting process videos have been featured on INSIDER Art, Bored Panda Art, and other online media outlets. Private collections of my art are held in Europe and North America.

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Autumn in Seattle. I love living here—it has the longest stretch of what I would call perfect weather compared to anywhere else I’ve lived as an adult (which is so good for my mental health). It’s so beautiful! I also love my loca

That table has traveled with me back & forth across the U.S. We’re back on the West Coast and I can’t wait to get the studio set up! #brilliantaquastudios

More small abstract Lego sculptures—these are so fun for me. The conference is coming to an end today and I’m excited to get back to Seattle to prep for my first day of my new job & to move into our new apartment! #brilliantaquastudi

Abstract Lego Art during the Maker Break at our workshop! #brilliantaquastudios

Visited the office of my new job today! I start in two weeks and popped in for a tour & to see the structure of the faculty development workshop going on (because I’ll be running my own next summer). I am so excited to start working there!