While Growing Up

oil on canvas, 30x40, 2021

Sometimes people are unsure of what they need or want to do, but staying focused and not giving up will, most likely, at some point, bring results.

ABSTRACT-ISH PAINTINGS WITH AN EMOTIONAL EDGE

Living in the world is stressful, and people are hurting. Truth, as a concept, has been degraded.

But society isn’t all of life. In tmy new work, I hope to show that there are other parts of reality. Nature attracts and calls to us.

My paintings are about unpredictability and possibility. Everywhere, there’s potential for change. Growth, which is life, can bring joy and new choices.

Rosie learned about oil painting at Santa Clara University when a friend casually recommended Painting I as a fun class that satisfied the Fine Arts requirement. Painting is addictive, because freedom comes from creating.