ARTIST’S STATEMENT

“My contemporary Zen paintings please me most when I'm able to show the essence of the subject in the fewest possible strokes. The four treasures of ink stone, ink stick, rice paper, and bamboo brushes are used to create a unique blend of abstraction and realism. The painting is successful when the viewer is captured into a peaceful center."

PROFILE

Rosemary was educated at UC Santa Barbara and UC extension, Palomar College. She studied Oriental Brush painting for 9 years under Jean Chua Shen at San Diego City College, 7 years (biannually at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery, and studied with American School of Japanese Arts master teacher Kazuaki Tanahasi. Rosemary has had several solo exhibitions and has exhibited throughout California, in New York City, and Taipei, Taiwan. Her work has been widely published in several books and has also won several major awards, including Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust Award, used for Scripps Hospital Lobby and North Wing Paintings, the Sumi-e Society of America-Boku Undo Award, and American Artists of Chinese Brush Painting-Most Creative Award. Her paintings are in over 650 private collections.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

“My contemporary Zen paintings please me most when I’m able to show the essence of the subject in the fewest possible strokes. The four treasures of ink stone, ink stick, rice paper, and bamboo brushes are used to create a unique blend of abstraction and realism. The painting is successful when the viewer is captured into a peaceful center.”

PROFILE

Rosemary was educated at UC Santa Barbara and UC extension, Palomar College. She studied Oriental Brush painting for 9 years under Jean Chua Shen at San Diego City College, 7 years (biannually at Tassajara Zen Mountain Monastery, and studied with American School of Japanese Arts master teacher Kazuaki Tanahasi. Rosemary has had several solo exhibitions and has exhibited throughout California, in New York City, and Taipei, Taiwan. Her work has been widely published in several books and has also won several major awards, including Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust Award, used for Scripps Hospital Lobby and North Wing Paintings, the Sumi-e Society of America-Boku Undo Award, and American Artists of Chinese Brush Painting-Most Creative Award. Her paintings are in over 650 private collections.