Location: United Kingdom
Rosie is inspired by light and life, her work can be broadly split into two - the figure and the landscape, although
helichordial pattern within composition connects all of the work she produces -the spiraling form of the universe, DNA, shells, surf, clouds - toilet rolls ... can be found in most of her work. Representation of the human form is an ongoing preoccupation - gender, the association of gender roles, femininity, sirens, has generated a large body of work in different media -drawing, ink, watercolour, and print. www.rosieburnsartist.com
I want to depict women as thinkers, strong, singular entities not mother or queen or sex object, able to indulge and be guilty of sloth or envy, and still maintain feminine beauty – sirens. The depiction of women in art has been a preoccupation through a degree in Archaeology: the goddess figures of fertility, the possibility of matriarchal societies in the Neolithic and the dominance of home maker, gatherer roles for women. Experiencing depictions of women in Degas delicate dancers and burlesque bathers, Rodin’s fallen in the gates of hell and sexualised drawings of women, Henry Moore’s gigantic queens and powerful mothers cradling infants reinforce the same depictions investigated in Archaeology.
Marigold Men (Marigolds are luridly coloured rubber gloves) are a series of prints, the male nude wearing rubber gloves, comic and concerned with the depiction of men in advertising using cleaning products along side the male names given to cleaning products / vacuum cleaners. Even though the realm of the domestic is still predominantly female - wouldn't we all like a Marigold man? This is a small attempt to redress the lack of domestic male figures depicted in art - not just king, leader, soldier or nobleman but man who also cleans the toilet! https://www.rosieburnsartist.com/gallery_257479.html#!
Cardboard cut relief print with a gold glaze, simple black frame 41x47cm, edition of 10 - 6 available.
Unframed available framed, simple black frame 41x47cm £155
“Marigold Man Anticipates the Morning Star”
arigold Men (Marigolds are luridly coloured rubber gloves) are a series of prints, the male nude wearing rubber gloves, comic and concerned with the depiction of men in advertising using cleaning products and the male names given to cleaning products, even though the realm of the domestic is still predominantly female - wouldn't we all like a Marigold man?
Edition of 5, one proof 4 available.
52x36cm approx
Unframed £200, available framed £275 www.rosieburnsartist.com/photo_15451774.html
A wonderful medium, with great longevity.
Rosie is captivated by the places where the land meets the sea and chance encounters with scenes and scenarios. Some are made from life, small postcards made on wanderings, others are larger studio pieces worked up from drawings and studies. Rosie has also made a collection of reflection paintings – more symbolic and narrative. She is a magpie for collecting images, and happy to work to commission. Any questions do contact Rosie, most are for sale but may be out with an exhibition. Most recently Rosie is working on a series of about 25 paintings of Arlitnton Court, a National Trust owned stately home and grounds near her home - captivated by the architecture and flora of the landscape
Rosie spends a considerable amount of time swimming at Westward Ho!, on this particular day the wind chill was too much for anything more than a paddle. The light and reflection of the sky on the wet sand as the Atlantic Ocean races out from the boulder bank is magical! A soothing late summer reflection.
Large oil on canvas in a simple beech lime waxed frame - 80 x106cm
“Shard Reflect - Pater and Pail Cast to the Ohter side?”
A passing encounter with a scene on the South Bank of the Thames, London, generated a story, of biblical origin. Rosie is not very comfortable in the city and makes up stories, or narratives from what she encounters. The massive phallus structure of London’s tallest building reflected in the window of a bar. Two men engrossed in conversation at the door, of the oyster bar, a masculine sky-line, the money of the city, like Peter and John, contemplating crossing / casting to the other side - not lake Galilee but a commercial centre. Anonymously encountered, Artist as spectator, of a time and place that led to a connection with a bible story; reflection of a different place and time.
“Tranquil”
“Racing Tide”
