Rosie Burns is an artist, one half of Rosie and Red Art and Leather, working from studios in Bideford, North Devon established 2023. Her work is a vibrant exploration of light, life, and the interplay between humanity and our environment. Experimental printmaking processes challenge depictions of gender, environmental concerns and push the boundaries between print and paint. More formal painting and illustration celebrate our natural world. Rosie initially trained as an Archaeological site and find illustrator, then went on to train to teach art and design in Devon; she worked in state education for over 20 years. Rosie has exhibited her paintings and prints locally, nationally and internationally for over 3 decades, participated in Art for Social Justice exhibitions in Miami, Berlin and the 24/26 Venice Biennial.

Torbay is a sweeping mix of extraordinary geology, marine life and the pomp and grandeur of a coastal English Victorian summer holiday destination. It is a marvellous spot to watch the sea, the beach, visitors and the weather roll around the bay. The reddish sands of Paignton beech reflect fast skies at low tide and the pier is like a hope for conquest of the sea, opened in 1879, destroyed by fire in 1919, redeveloped as a defence point in the second world war, and today a popular spot to visit. An oil on monotype, Rosie refers to them as 'fake paintings', neither print not painting, acknowledging the distain of the Royal Academy to printmaking as Art. It is unique homage to an historical leisure spot - it’s steels filled with knowledge of the English Riviera.

Oil on Monotype

65x52cm

Framed under glass