After retirement, Rose rediscovered the magic of art when she opened a gift of watercolor pencils given to her for Christmas. Her last art experience had been in Middle School. She headed to her local library for books to explain how to use the pencils. She  quickly realized that she needed classes in person.

Rose’s foray into art led her to meet teachers and fellow artists in a community she did not know existed. She started in Watercolor, then ventured into acrylics, mixed media, and oil and cold wax. She was encouraged to enter juried shows starting on the local level, then state, and finally on the regional stage. She started to win awards and has them in every category. 1 deposit casino canada.com Her proudest is not her First Place Award, but the People’s Choice Award. A recent award-winning painting has been published in the Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff Annual Catalog for 2020.

Rose’s choice of painting is not limited by subject matter. A recent series is based on abstracted landscapes and mixed media. She gets just as much joy in painting a simple blossom, a still-life, an abstract, or a landscape.

Rose is a member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon, Village Gallery of Arts, and Oregon Society of Artists.