Barbara Rachko’s Artist Profile
Barbara Rachko was born in Paterson, New Jersey, a New York City suburb, and grew up nearby in Clifton. She graduated from the University of Vermont. After college, Barbara earned a commercial pilot’s license and Boeing 727 flight engineer’s certificate, then spent seven years on active duty as a Naval officer. In 1986 while working at the Pentagon, she began to study figure drawing and medical anatomy, and began many long years of developing her craft. Barbara subsequently resigned from active duty (but remained in the Navy Reserve and retired as a Commander) to devote herself to making art. On 9/11 Barbara’s life was turned upside down when her husband, Bryan Jack, was killed onboard the plane that crashed into the Pentagon. She began studying photography in the summer of 2002 mainly so that she could continue doing her pastels – Bryan had been the person who photographed her set-ups. Dividing her time between residences in New York and Alexandria, Virginia, Barbara enjoys a busy career as a professional artist. She is represented by five galleries throughout the United States, exhibits nationally and internationally, and continues to win accolades for her unique work.
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