
Relief Print and Gold Glaze by Rosie Burns
MINERVA - Tears for the Patriarchy
Rosie Burns
Rosie Burns is a painter and printmaker, she is one half of Rosie and Red Art and Leather, working from studios in Bideford, North Devon. Her work is a vibrant exploration of light, life, and the interplay between humanity and the environment. More formal oil paintings celebrate the natural world, and generate urban narratives, whilst experimental printmaking processes challenge depictions of gender, environmental concerns and push the boundaries between print and paint.
Rosie initially trained as an Archaeological site and finds illustrator, she then went on to train in Devon to teach art and design in schools, she worked in state education for over 20 years. Rosie has exhibited locally, nationally and internationally for over 3 decades, participated in Art for Social Justice exhibitions in Miami, Berlin and the 2024 Venice Biennial. She is an Artivist, a pacifist and keen to use her work to engage broad audiences in issues of contemporary social justice.
Minerva is the Roman goddess of wisdom, justice, law, victory and the sponsor of the arts. Minerva is not the patron of violence, but of strategic war. Her tears are for the needless loss of life in wars raging in the twenty first century, wars seemingly lacking in wisdom and strategy at a time of environmental fragility.
Cardboard Cut - Monoprint 100% recycled hand made cotton rag paper, water based ink and gold glaze.
35x45cm
Framed under glass
Edition of 5














