Lisa Rose

Lisa Rose | Discovering Joy.

It’s easy to get stuck in schedules and routines and forget to search for the new, exciting, and beautiful things that bring us joy. For artist Lisa Rose, the search never stops. Even after decades of running a successful business, she allowed herself to discover a new and unexpected path: painting.

Rose was born on Long Island, where she lived with her family until it was time for her to leave for college. Her only connection to art while she was growing up was an aunt who was a commercial artist, so Rose never tried her hand at painting, but an innate sense of creativity and style drove her into a career in interior design. She studied Design and Environmental Analysis at Cornell University in the Human Ecology Program, earning her degree in 1971.

For 30 years, Rose dedicated herself to her interior design business, Aubergine Interiors. Then, at 67, she laid pastel to paper and immediately fell in love. “I had no idea my entire life that I could paint,” she emphasizes. She took her extensive experience in interior design and used it as a starting point for creating stunning compositions in two dimensions.

Since then, the artist has taken many workshops locally and overseas in Europe. She k...

Design and Environmental Analysis at Cornell University

2020
Emerson Gallery, American Pen Women Art Show, March, Vero Beach, Florida
Under the Oaks, March, Riverside Park, Vero Beach, Florida
Environmental Learning Center-Artist Series- Nature in Pastel
"Jewel Tones in Nature"Interview with Sonja Louise - Jewel Tones in Nature
Out of the Box, Raw Space, November 2020, Vero Beach, Florida

2019
All Around the Town, Emerson Center, January 2019, Vero Beach,
Florida Art by the Sea, VBAC, January 2019, Vero Beach,Florida
First Place Award, Cultural Council, Celebrate the Arts
Create Creatures Featured, Emerson Center March, Vero Beach,
Florida
Under the Oaks, VBAC, March, Riverside Park, Vero Beach,
Florida New Dimensions, VBAC, Marsh Island, March, Vero Beach, Florida
All Around the Garden Art Stroll, Rock City, April, Vero Beach Florida
The Wednesday Group Plein Air Painters of the East End, Watermill, New York
Fall 2019 Art Installment, Solo Show First Presbyterian Church, Vero Beach, Florida

2018
Art by the Sea, VBAC, January 2018, Vero Beach, Florida
Art on the Island, VBAC, February 2018, Vero Beach, Florida
Artist Guild Gallery May Invitational , May 2018, Vero Beach, Florida
Art and Craft Expo, May 2018, Vero Beach, Florida
Artist Alliance of East H...