Venus Puts Her Feet up

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.

This blue Venus is an allegory of The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, a Siren print (an alluring female figure depiction) with a feminist leaning, not a sexualised image - but a goddess taking a well
earned feet up rest!

Monoprint - Cardboard Cut with Silver Glaze

30x45cm

Framed under glass

Edition of 5