Rose is a Bristol based artist who graduated in 2003 at The University of the
West of England with a BA (hons) degree in Illustration. Since then, her work
has steadily progressed towards fine art painting, allowing her more creative
freedom. She has exhibited in numerous shows spread across Bristol, Bath,
London, Plymouth, Glasgow, Amsterdam, New York and Singapore.

The things that are generally disregarded in the world around her are a
great influence, including natural history, entomology, anatomy and strange
creatures. Where some may see ugliness, disgust or distaste, Rose sees
beauty and intrigue. Her paintings aim to invite people to explore past their
first impressions and delve deeper into the heart of nature.

Current work focuses predominantly on the fragility of life, bringing to light
many issues to do with human understanding. The object of death is seen
not as a morbid obsession created to shock or offend but as an appreciation
of what once was: to honour and celebrate its existence. Expressive
backgrounds that give a feeling of decay (peeling layers of wallpaper, cracked
surfaces, aged and ‘distressed’) are combined with fine attention to detail in
the subject matter, producing a vibrant mixture of traditional and experimental
techniques.

Made to provoke in an understated way, Rose demonstrates that there is
more than meets the eye in her world, and ours.