Member Biography

ARTIST STATEMENT

"Sue's use of color is similar to many folk artists, and of principal interest is her use of "patterning" where colors and shapes are intermingled and overlapped.  This draws the viewer into the painting in order to see what is not immediately visible.  Her latest work uses a batik process on watercolor, rice, and mulberry paper."

ARTIST BACKGROUND

Sue Gill Rose is an accomplished artist and teacher.  She has a BFA from Southern Methodist University and a MLA from Louisiana State University.  She has also studied under renowned watercolor artist, Douglas Walton at Louisiana Tech University.
 

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS - 2006

• The Mansion, New Orleans, Sept/Oct
• 37th National Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Ocean Shores, WA,
• Emerald Art Center National Juried Spring Exhibition, Springfield, OR. 
• Edmonds Juried Art Festival, Edmonds, WA
• WPW exhibit, Columbia Towers, Seattle
• Alki Bath House Festival, W. Seattle, WA
• Demonstration, Magnolia Arts Festival, and the Renton Art Walk, and the Edmonds "Hot Summer Nights"
  

Her work can also be seen at Balderdash Book Store, Park West Retirement Center, Julia's Gift Gallery, and The Avid Angler in Seattle.  Reproductions of her work may be purchased at Wild Birds Unlimited, Lake Forest Park, WA, Monroe, WA and Dallas, TX. 

PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS

2005

• 2005 Waterworks Exhibition sponsored by the Northwest Watercolor Society, Seattle, WA
• Snohomish Art Guild Juried Show, Everett - First Place Award
• Mountlake Terrace Juried Show, Mountlake Terrace, WA - Hon. Mention Award   
• Designed the 2005 Halloween Poster for the Edmonds, Washington Chamber of Commerce Haunted House
• Invited to submit her work for the 2007 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, Mt. Vernon, Washington, and the Cornell University Ornithological Society. 
• Edmonds Art Festival, Juried Show
• Lynnwood Library, Lynnwood, WA
• Miller Gallery, Leavenworth, WA
• Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA
• Secret Garden Book Store, Ballard, WA
• Sapphires Gift Store, Edmonds, WA
• HouseWares, Edmonds, WA
• MyraJean's Antiques, Chehalis, WA

ART CLASSES

Sue teaches for North Seattle Community College, Seattle, Washington, and Alki Beach House for the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department.  She continues to teach both public and private lessons to adults and children on Principles and Elements of Design, Color Theory, Aquarelle Pencil Drawing, Portrait Painting, Figure Drawing, and Pastels.

She was the "Artist in Residence"  for the Mountlake Terrace Elementary School, Spring 2005, and worked with the children to create an outside mural for the Edmonds School District. The mural is now completed.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Women Painters of Washington
• Northwest Watercolor Society
• Artists Connect
• Seattle CoArts, Associate Member
• Chairman, 2008 Waterworks Show for the Northwest Watercolor Society.