Visual Art
Fairy Tales
Contact Information:
530 El Camino Real, #209
Burlingame, CA 94010
rose.nieponce@sbcglobal.net
Biography
Rose was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and came to the San Francisco Bay Area as a young adult. She has lived in the area ever since, as she loves the energy and intellectual stimulation that she finds here. Rose is a member of the Society of Western Artists (SWA) and the Burlingame Art Society (BAS), where she is a committee member, and volunteers much of her time.
Artist Statement
Chateau de Castlenaud, Dordogne, France
Nature has always moved me, and I wanted to translate the feeling into shape and form, ever since I can remember. I never thought I really had the time to try this in a more concrete form than my early scribbles, until I retired. I started painting then, and it became a passion. Starting with landscapes, which I had always loved, of which a seasoned painter once told me is the most difficult thing to paint. I found it liberating. My medium is watercolors, but since I love working with textures, at times I have added different materials to my watercolors, such as rice paper and masa paper, which give the watercolors a fluidity and extra dimension that I very much enjoy. I have also found that doing collages opens up an interesting avenue to an artist’s creativity.
As of late, I have started working with powdered charcoal and watercolor. I find this combination of mediums most rewarding. It gives me the freedom to imagine an infinite variety of creatures, things and places. It lets my imagination fly beyond the lines to see what could be, without first knowing what is there, and creates new and strange landscapes. It also requires the discipline imposed by the charcoal lines, nooks and crannies, which can only be modified if it fits in with what the lines suggested in the first place. It’s an exploration and a journey every time I start a new piece of work. When I am done, I hope that the viewer will share the emotion that it is meant to convey, since this is the ultimate purpose of art….to establish an emotional connection between the artist and the viewer.
Awards
Hidden Cove
- 2003 – First Place, BAS November Meeting
- 2004 – Third Place, BAS November Meeting
- 2005 – Honorable Mention, BAS May Meeting
- 2006 – Third Place, BAS March Meeting
- 2006 – First Place, BAS November Meeting
- 2007 – Second Place, BAS April Meeting
- 2007 – Honorable Mention, BAS June Meeting
- 2008 – Honorable Mention, BAS October Meeting
- 2008 – Third Place, BAS November Meeting
- 2009 – First Place & Honorable Mention, BAS Annual Spring Show (Abstract & Landscape categories)
- 2010 – Third Place, BAS Annual Spring Show (Abstract category)
- 2011 – Honorable Mention, BAS November Meeting
- 2012 – Honorable Mention, BAS Annual Spring Show (Abstract category)
- 2012 – Third Place, BAS September Meeting
- 2013 – Second Place, BAS Annual Spring Show (Architecture category)
- 2013 – First Place, San Mateo County Fair (Surrealist category)
- 2013 – Second Place, San Mateo County Fair (Landscape category)
- 2013 – Third Place, San Mateo County Fair (Animals/Birds category)
- 2014 – Honorable Mention, 10th Annual San Mateo County Women’s Art Show
- 2014 – First Place, San Mateo County Fair (Landscape category)
- 2014 – Third Place, San Mateo County Fair (Animals category)
- 2014 – Honorable Mention, BAS Annual Spring Show (Abstract category)
- 2014 – Popular Choice & Second Place, BAS November Meeting
- 2014 – ARTIST of the YEAR, Burlingame Art Society
- 2015 – Third Place, BAS January Meeting
- 2015 – Third Place, BAS February Meeting
- 2015 – Honorable Mention, San Mateo County Fair
- 2015 – Second Place, SWA October/November Exhibit
