The Street |

"Nonna walked me down the street. But I was still crying. She held my hand tight, afraid I would fall, run across the road, be taken by a lunatic dog, or worse - a man. She was talking in her gentle tone, trying hard to make my heart happy. But her words were foreign. My little Nonna, speaking her native tongue to her miserable homesick granddaughter. She walked me up and down the street that warm summer evening until I had stopped crying or became exhausted. The sun lowered, and Nonna's street became quiet with the odd paisano watering his front lawn. I wanted to go home. But for now, I would have to settle for another night of Shandi's, latte's, and Nonna's love."

Acrylic on canvas board. 50 x 40cm.

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Since Rose was a child, she was always busily painting and creating on her Nonna's endless supply of Butcher paper. Her days could be consumed with illustrating story books, designing dream houses and getting lost in the world of creativity.

She never plucked the courage to share her work with the world because she felt intimated in sharing a piece of her . "To allow someone to see you art is like opening the pages of your journals for them to read".

Using acrylic and mixed mediums to create her pieces, Rose creates exquisite paintings that are a window to her soul, sharing, nostalgic memories, and things that stop her in her tracks.

"If I don't have an awesome playlist on, I can't create. Music takes me back to special places where you can practically smell and feel that particular moment"

Rose grew up in Melbourne but moved to Canberra in 2012, where she opened up her studio for business.

Rose's artwork "Frida" and "Flowers for Florence" both appeared on the hit TV show The Block 2020 and she has also featured in The Block Magazine. Many of her pieces are hanging on walls throughout Australia and overseas.