Fiona Rae RA in her studio with her painting ‘Life is full of pleasant gifts and surprises, you know,' 2007 According to the Royal Academy of Arts, Rae’s paintings contrast flat areas of color with sign-making. This includes elements of text and pixilation. Throughout the 1990s her work became more structured and began to concentrate on particular motifs. According to Rae, in an interview in The Observer from September 20th 2009: What I love about painting is that it embodies a series of…