Rose S. Kennedy
Born in southeastern North Carolina, Rose Kennedy grew up close to the coast, the Blue Ridge Mountains and all the beautiful landscape stretching in between. She developed heartfelt ties to earth and nature. Drawing and painting were her favorite pastimes, so continuing artistic ventures into adulthood was a given. With a degree in Commercial Art, Rose worked as a product/graphic designer for a home decor manufacturer. She also worked with an art publisher and licensing agency creating mixed media paintings in the juvenile genre. These images were recreated as prints and licensed for use on consumer goods.
Rose now enjoys the expressiveness of creating original paintings inspired by her observations of nature. Her preferred medium is oil paint, but she shakes things up occasionally by working with pastels or acrylics. Rose enjoys recreating the beauty of the landscape, trees and the moodiness of water and is comfortable painting street scenes and still life as well. Capturing the essence of a scene is her goal, focusing on a feeling of presence rather than intricate detail. “I liken the lyrical nature of a painting to that of a musical score, following a rhythmic melody that create beauty and mood within the piece.” Whether working outdoors or in the studio, her paintings are impressionistic and bear an energy expressed through her brushwork and color palette.
Rose’s work has been juried into numerous exhibits and competitions, winning awards along the way. Teaching art lessons to adults and children, she works from her studio on the family farm and in downtown Fayetteville, NC ,at Cape Fear Studios. As an active member of this artist cooperative, she has worked on a number of projects, including organizing children’s workshops, an annual national 2D competition, and monthly gallery exhibition rotations. Rose participates in a number of plein air events, including the Piedmont Plein Air Paint Out, the Azalea Festival Plein Air Paint Out, the Blowing Rock Plein Air Festival, Paint It Orange and more. Her work is held in several private and corporate collections, and she is featured in the publication Painting North Carolina, A Visual Journey.
Original Fine Art Paintings, Studio & En Plein Air
www.lilarosekennedy.com
rosesk@embarqmail.com
www.facebook.com/rosesk.art
Instagram: rosesk.art
Member: Cape Fear Studios, Inc.,
Oil Painters of America, American Impressionist Society
Rose now enjoys the expressiveness of creating original paintings inspired by her observations of nature. Her preferred medium is oil paint, but she shakes things up occasionally by working with pastels or acrylics. Rose enjoys recreating the beauty of the landscape, trees and the moodiness of water and is comfortable painting street scenes and still life as well. Capturing the essence of a scene is her goal, focusing on a feeling of presence rather than intricate detail. “I liken the lyrical nature of a painting to that of a musical score, following a rhythmic melody that create beauty and mood within the piece.” Whether working outdoors or in the studio, her paintings are impressionistic and bear an energy expressed through her brushwork and color palette.
Rose’s work has been juried into numerous exhibits and competitions, winning awards along the way. Teaching art lessons to adults and children, she works from her studio on the family farm and in downtown Fayetteville, NC ,at Cape Fear Studios. As an active member of this artist cooperative, she has worked on a number of projects, including organizing children’s workshops, an annual national 2D competition, and monthly gallery exhibition rotations. Rose participates in a number of plein air events, including the Piedmont Plein Air Paint Out, the Azalea Festival Plein Air Paint Out, the Blowing Rock Plein Air Festival, Paint It Orange and more. Her work is held in several private and corporate collections, and she is featured in the publication Painting North Carolina, A Visual Journey.
Original Fine Art Paintings, Studio & En Plein Air
www.lilarosekennedy.com
rosesk@embarqmail.com
www.facebook.com/rosesk.art
Instagram: rosesk.art
Member: Cape Fear Studios, Inc.,
Oil Painters of America, American Impressionist Society
