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As a child Rose traveled the continental USA with her family until settling in the small Northern California village of Mendocino. The smell of fish mingled with damp fog, jagged coastline caressed by salty breezes, tradition, time and the ever present love and care from God, family and good friends nurtured her and the gift of art and writing.
Studies carried her to universities in Chico and San Jose California and Honolulu Hawaii where technique and visual, mental and spiritual concepts were punched, pulled, poked, twisted and drawn from her as degrees in Fine Art were accomplished. Studies in Creative Writing, Iconology, Counseling and the Philosophy of artists such as Antonio Gaudi who’s art contains spirit symbolized and alive - organic not only in form but message - brought validity and new life to her own work. Rose first established the work of ‘The Doves Eye’ in Hawaii. With three daughters as her accomplices in life (blessings in disguise), she came along side those who live in fantasy and those who struggle with day to day survival on the islands. Accepted as a child transplanted - ‘hanai’ of the Hawaiian ‘ohana’ (family) rich in color and culture - her art and writing draws strength and essence from the island life and her European and Native American heritage.
Migrating back to the mainland USA ... Rose resides in the Northwest, where she and her art labor hand in hand with occupations of counsel and assistance to others through works of healing, inspiration and encouragement. As an instrument through which art and the written word flow and draw the creative process from within, Rose links creator and observer ... all active participants in the life and significance of her art works and writings.
As an accomplished Professional Freelance Artist and Writer, with works acclaimed in group and private collections and exhibits in the USA and internationally, Rose presents art and the written word as a culmination, locution and courier of that which might not otherwise be conceived or visually embraced. Her work is a beginning to explore and a bridge to span - if there is a beginning, within the vast valleys that separate times and worlds, where more exists to begin with than can be taken into account … a message of experience, relationship, development and growth that unfolds and intertwines in a unique visual and written communication which endeavors to validate and encourage life comes into focus. Her creative expressions reveal images of conceptual, symbolical and allegorical significance molded into existence through word, drawing and watercolor. The universal concept and imagery of love, beauty and timelessness combine with her heart and techniques to create unique and sensitive visual and written concepts - intense in quality and interpretation, yet gentle and nourishing to the eye, mind and heart.
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