About Rachel:

One way or another I'd be the first the tell you, you're in for a wild ride if you're hunting info on Rachel Dickson. For whatever reason you've found yourself reading this, what follows is the nutshell version.

I've always loved the outdoors and most anything to do with being outside.  Yet at the same time, I enjoy art, (original paintings specifically).  It seems that one inspires the other.  However my passion for art wasn't really kindled until owning and operating an art gallery sorta fell into my lap.

I learned A LOT about art during three Dickson Gallery of Fine Art years.  Enough to write a book about (which I'm currently working on).  But I digress....

I seem to excel when it comes to the business of these things.  I also love talking about and convincing others into doing what I love to do.  I found my passion for whitewater rafting right out of college.  I worked for "Rafting in the Smokies" for 9 years starting as a reservationist (fancy word for talking people into doing what I loved to do: raft) and moving into a marketing/promotions director position.

At the same time I was serving in the US Army Reserve as a Postal Platoon Leader.  There's definitely something to "blowing stuff up" as they say in the movies.

Along the way I learned a bunch of other skills, but after having been emersed in the art world...I decided it was time to release my own creative side and let the art spew forth!

• My Plot...Cause...Passion...Reason for Being...Credo...
  
  ~Determined to make a difference.
  ~Action-obsessed to a fault.
  ~Thinks "fun" is COOL.
  ~Laughs a lot.
  ~Pursues change/improvement.
  ~Risk taker.
  ~Face challenges head on.
  ~Insatiable curiosity.
  ~Passion for excellence.
  ~Driven, committed to my craft.
  ~Turns "ordinary" into COOL.
  ~Love the words: Passion, Spirit, Thrill, Nerve, Leadership, Adventure, Happy.