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| ROSIE MARTIN | Cornwall UK | |
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A fleeting moment becomes the inspiration for an abiding image, and in its turn links the two main aspects of Rosie's work. Born in Belgium, Rosie was educated in England, where she gained a first class honours degree in Art & Design at St Martin's School of Art in London. Her working life has continually focussed on art and design. She has designed and made monoprints for the specialist interior design market and theatrical costumes for celebrities like David Bowie. She has taught life drawing and is currently training botanical painters, both privately and as an artist in residence at the Eden Project in Cornwall. |
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In 1990 the Royal Horticultural Society awarded Rosie a gold medal for her exemplary botanical watercolour paintings, and she was elected as a member to the Society of Botanical Artists.
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She has exhibited since 1982 across the country, including Liberty and Harrods in London, Plymouth Theatre Royal in Devon and the Oriel Gallery in Powys, Wales. The thoughtful and careful side of Rosie's personality is demonstrated in her botanical watercolour paintings, where images of irises are so exact and concentrated you know exactly how each paper thin petal feels and how robust the stalks would be in your hand. Every element of the flower is detailed as if seen from the perspective of a bee. As flowers are fleeting, unless captured as an image, so are the elements of a holiday, and this brings us to another aspect of Rosie's work. A keen traveller, wherever she goes she records landscapes as miniature watercolours, posting them home to friends and family. An average holiday can yield as many as 40 miniature landscapes, and she calls each 'a little memory'. She relishes the fact that you can slip a postcard-size painting into your pocket, and that each painting makes its own journey as it travels to its destination. Rosie says this is experimental work with a twofold aim, 'to crystallize and miniaturise the landscape whilst maintaining its powerful scale and presence, and to display the structure and form using ornament, design and colour.' Rosie has held several exhibitions documenting her travels, but her botanical paintings play a different role in her life as an artist. With many years of teaching experience in art groups, classes and societies, Rosie now offers highly specialized individual tuition in botanical watercolour painting. She trains beginners up to Royal Horticultural Society medal standard and says that all that is required is a love of plants, an eye for detail and a willingness to commit to this all-absorbing art form. |
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