Rosemary Lewis
Rosemary studied art up to A level, and sold her first painting aged 18. However, she also had a passion for dance, and decided to attend the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary dance, graduating from the Professional Dancer's course in 1998.
Continuing to paint and sell her work whilst studying, she felt increasingly drawn to explore art rather than pursue a career in dance. She took a foundation art course at St Martins College of Art and Design in 2001, after which she directed her own studies into the techniques of the late 19th and early 20th century realist and impressionist oil painters. Rosemary discovered that the precision, discipline and focus she had gained from her studies in dance were skills which transferred well into practicing realist oil painting techniques.
Rosemary says of her work ‘Painting has become my means of exploring and connecting to the beauty of the visual world and communicating to others the feelings it arouses. Enjoyment of light, colour, form and atmosphere move me to paint. My preferred subjects are everyday objects or scenes. In still life, working with simple compositions focuses my attention on the beauty of each individual object’
Exhibitions
Summer Show at the Studio Gallery, Odense Denmark, 2018
'Still Moments' at the Studio Gallery, Odense, Denmark, 2017
Art in Small Sizes, at the Studio Gallery Odense, Denmark, 2015
'Art (med småt)' at the Studio Gallery, Odense, Denmark 2014
Discerning Eye Exhibition at the Mall Galleries, 2014
Blandet Oktober at the Studio Gallery, Odense, Denmark 2013
Små Vidundere (Small Wonders) at the Studio Gallery, Odense, Denmark 2013
The Other Art Fair 2013 at Ambika P3, Marylebone, London - with Newbloodart
Royal Institute of Oil Painters 125th Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London 2012
Fields of Vision, Landscapes Past and Present. Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham 2012
Royal Institute of Oil Painters annual exhibition 2011
Cork Street Open Exhibition 2011
Discerning Eye exhibition 2010
Chelsea Art Society open exhibition 2010
Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition 2010
Discerning Eye exhibition 2009
Royal Institute of Oil Painters annual exhibition 2009
Chelsea Art Society open exhibition 2009
Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition 2009
New English Art Club open exhibition 2008
Awards
Artists & Illustrators Still Life Artist of the Year 2011 runner up
Huxley Purchase Prize 2010