Rachel Beckett grew up in north Devon, where she developed a love of the English countryside and a deep awareness of her roots in traditional English life.
At East Devon College she discovered the joys of printmaking, and she then went on to study History of Art (with Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse) at St John’s College, Cambridge.
This was followed by several years in reference publishing and freelance work before she took an MA in Printmaking and Illustration at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University, High Wycombe (2005).
Rachel, who signs her prints as R. A. H. B., lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband and two children. She enjoys karate, reading popular science and visits to the theatre.
