Hi, I’m Rose!
I spent a lot of my childhood running barefoot around music festivals, listening to live music outdoors and falling asleep under the stars. I loved playing outside in nature and I have always also adored any kind of creative activity. Drawing, crochet, embroidery… I was lucky to have artists in my grandmother and mother, who were both very encouraging.
After finishing school, I spent time travelling through Asia and worked for a few years in the charity sector. I was nearly 30 before I decided to pursue creativity as a vocation, beginning with the textile arts, then digital artwork, before rediscovering painting in April 2018. It was love at first (brush) swipe!
I’m inspired by graffiti and street art and my travels to India and East Asia. Mandarin and Hindi, and the shapes of those written scripts, along with elements of graffiti tags come into my work.
Textile art, patchwork and quilting influence my work too, in the form of repeating patterns, geometric tessellations and textural effects.
I make art to inspire joy, to inspire hope, and to keep myself and others happy. Art has been the antidote to my darkest days and given me a reason to get up every morning and keep living through the weirdness of human existence. I have been vocal about my experience of mental health challenges and how my creative practice has been a huge part of my healing journey. As well as helping me, I hope my art will also shine a light for others who need a spark of brightness in their life.
