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

I am a self-taught artist and work out of my home studio in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  While much of my time is spent developing and teaching undergraduate neuroscience courses at UNC-Chapel Hill, 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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