Where We All Come From

Rosie is inspired by light and life, her work can be broadly split into two - the figure and the landscape, although fleeting encounters with a scene or scenario also generates work Rosie produces. Helicoidal pattern within composition connects a lot of her work - the spiralling form of the universe, DNA, shells, surf, clouds, can be found in a lot of her work. Rosie has always been concerned with the human condition – interaction with the environment, she has developed an ongoing series of woodcut prints concerned with observations and muse into the effects of consumption on the planet. Representation of the human form is an ongoing preoccupation - gender, the association of gender roles, femininity, masculinity and its depiction in Art. Rosie's prolific - she has a large portfolio of work, a lot of it can be seen on her website www.rosieburnsartist.com

Rosie sold her first paintings when she was 15 years old; she has been making and selling her artwork for over three decades. She trained as an Archaeological site and find illustrator as part of a degree in Archaeology and Sociology. She then went on to study for a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in secondary Art and Design, university of Plymouth, in the late 1990s. Rosie has taught in many educational environments and continues to work in a forest school, run a monthly life drawing day and various Art workshops. She lives in Bideford in North Devon and has a passion for gardening and sea swimming.

Along with general frustrations of gender the  notion of 'where are you from?' , whether in  reference to being a 'local', race, ethnic  origin etc is mightily bothersome. Arguably  a misplaced concern that has resulted in  endless divisions, war, social unrest and so  on and so forth - all human beings come  from the same place - a womb, you cant  grow a whole one without. Along with general frustrations of gender the notion of 'where are you from?' , whether in reference to being a 'local', race, ethnic origin etc is mightily bothersome. Arguably a misplaced concern that has resulted in endless divisions, war, social unrest and so on and so forth - all human beings come from the same place - a womb, you cant grow a whole one without. A little more concern for humanity as a collective would, Rosie thinks, generate a great deal more unity and peace, and its funny. Collagraph, printed on recycled cotton rag paper, water based ink and a gold glaze, a dirty dozen edition of 12 - 10 available.e more  concern for humanity as a collective would,  I think, generate a great deal more unity and  peace, and its funny ...  

 

Cardboard Cut - Monoprint, printed on recycled cotton rag paper, water based ink and a gold glaze

61x54cm

Framed under glass

Edition of 12