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Rachel Stewart is a mixed media illustrator and writer whose work spans children’s books, short stories, and visual storytelling. She also runs local community choirs, including the Aberlady Singers and Big and Small Choir, bringing people together through shared voices and creativity.
Currently, she is stepping outside her comfort zone to work on an adult novella drawn from personal experience. When she’s not typing, she can be found experimenting with paper, building maps, and exploring new ways to let stories take shape.
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Poetry & Mixed Media
I write poems and make images inspired by my surroundings in East Lothian. I am inspired by linking my thoughts and feelings into seasonal changes through my observations of local wildlife and nature.
Painting
Julie is an award-winning artist and visual storyteller whose work draws on imagination, memory, and lived experience. She reveals the extraordinary within the ordinary, creating evocative narratives that engage both visible and unseen worlds. Her paintings explore themes of wonder and hope, balancing personal intimacy with universal resonance. Each work invites stillness and reflection, expressing her deep connection to nature and solidarity with all living things. Julie’s work is held in private collections and has been widely exhibited, including the John Ruskin Awards, Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Exhibition, and all four Scottish exhibiting societies. She completed a large-scale permanent public commission and was selected for the inaugural Scottish Landscape Awards.
