Over the past two decades or so, Rachel Huesner has been one of the most prolific public artists in Belize exhibiting regularly and producing copious artistic output.
And even thought she has relocated to Trinidad and Tobago - where she is a full time artist and teacher - Rachel keeps coming back home - to get back to her roots, and maybe even eat a few bags of craboo, which she can't get in T and T.
It may sound like a weird anecdote, but it's true, she misses craboo so much she even painted a vendor from memory.
Rachel today told us that she is constantly looking for something new - even if it means painting with coffee! That's right coffee. Here's what she told us about her new show at the Image Factory, called Precious Moments:..
Rachel Huesner
"It's been almost 25 years I've been painting. I think about having an exhibition every year - earlier it was maybe 2-3 shows a year. Each shows is about 20 paintings - for the past 25 years, do the math. So after painting for so many years it's like what next?"
"I've been working a lot with coffee, just doing pieces using coffee as my medium. It's a nice medium."
Jules Vasquez
"Coffee beans?"
Rachel Huesner
"Just instant coffee; percolated coffee, any coffee. It has a nice natural tone to it and life is like that. We live from one moment to the other. There is so much bad in the world right now - but always for the little glimmer of light and a little moment there that we could enjoy."
The opening officially takes place tomorrow night.
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