Bio
Raised in an exceptionally artistic Welsh family, Rose grew up surrounded by the ceramics industry of the Potteries and has a deep connection with form, colour and pattern.
Rose completed an Art Foundation at Parsons School of Design in Paris, followed by a BA Honours (First Class) in Costume Design for Performance from the University of the Arts London. She has been designer, creative and art director of her luxury loungewear brand Rose Fulbright since 2013.
Rose, who spent ten years living in Beijing and Brussels, now lives in London and has focussed more thoroughly on her artistic practice since 2022, making collections of paintings and painted furniture.
Rose works with canvas, silk, paper and wood, in a range of paint mediums from fluid watercolours to house paints and acrylics, which she regularly makes herself from raw pigment powders.
Having used silk for many years in her luxury loungewear designs, Rose has been drawn back to painting on and working with the natural fabric, devising her own preparation methods for creating lasting artworks. Multiple applications of acrylic wash enable Rose to build up paintings in the manner of a watercolorist, and the resulting effect is a beguiling depth and ever-shifting background with an appealing luminescence.
Rose’s work explores the natural world through the lens of a colourist, celebrating moments of joy and playfulness juxtaposed with concepts of the mysterious, sublime power of nature. Her belief, deeply rooted in her upbringing, that art and beauty should be applied to everything that surrounds us, means that her work often spills over onto antique furniture pieces, wall murals and fabric designs, making her painting collections into 360-degree experiences.
“I aim to create rhythmic, energising depictions of the awe-inspiring moments I find myself in, mostly while travelling with my young family. I am interested in remembering the preciousness of the vitality, freedom, and awe that we all feel when outside.”
Rose is represented by McAllister Thomas Fine Art, Interrupted Art and Gallery Tresco.
rose@rosefulbright.com