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Paintings by Rachel Beckett
It's unusual for biblical texts to be treated purely as literature, but this is the approach taken by Rachel Beckett in her illustrations to 'The Revelation to St John the Divine', the final book of the Bible. Rachel is interested in the drama and surrealism of its prose, packed with images that are always vivid and almost universally bizarre, ranging from seven-headed monsters to fire-breathing horses. Each of Rachel's acrylic paintings illustrates one chapter of the book. In these colourful images the artist's aim has been to capture the energy and ferocity of the text, while always retaining a sense of its otherworldliness.

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