Arden Rose

I have lived in British Columbia most of my life. I was brought up in Kamloops and spent a great deal of my childhood in the surrounding forests, mountains and lakes. I moved to Victoria when I was sixteen and swiftly fell in love with the island and the swell of the tides. These experiences deeply affected me and influenced my relationship to art.

I am mostly self-taught but have taken numerous courses and workshops from local and international artists. I would say I’ve been influenced by the expressionist movement, and by Modigliani in particular.
My favorite medium is acrylic paint and I often add collage elements to my work. I continue to explore various painting methods and applications and consider myself an eternal student of the arts.

I love painting florals, landscapes and nudes but my favorite is the portrait. I am fascinated by the role of the portrait in our lives and its representational nature. My portrait painting method is expressionistic and different from the standard “sitting”. Rather, I raise the question: Imagine if you could capture the essence of your truest self; What would she look like? Is she dressed in furs and flanked by wolves? Is she a fairy or woodlands nymph? A warrior, or princess or creat...

I am mostly self-taught but have taken numerous courses and workshops from local and international artists. I would say I’ve been influenced by the expressionist movement, and by Modigliani in particular.
I attended the University of Victoria and received an Economics degree and then an MBA from McMaster University.
I have taken courses at Vancouver Island School of Art (VISA), Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts (MISSA), Arts Centre at Cedar Hill, and Coast Collective, as well as numerous workshops with artists including:


• Robert Burridge
• Nick Bantock
• Pennylane Shen
• Michelle Miller
• Alison Watt

• Deborah Tilby
• Nicolas Pierce
• Irma Soltonovich
• Odette Lamarche
• Susanne Dannenberg

2018, Zebra Art Collective Working Studio, Victoria BC
2018, Strong Women Strong World, VAC Juried Show Victoria BC
2017, Art Now Victoria, Juried Show, Victoria BC
2017, Gage Gallery, Boxers & Beauties, Victoria BC
2017, Coast Collective, Juried Show, Bloom 9, Victoria BC
2017 SPAC Spring Show, Victoria BC
2017, Zebra Art Collective Show, Selected Artists, Victoria BC
2016, Zebra Art Collective Show, Selected Artists, Victoria BC
2015, Coast Collective, Juried Show, Fall Colours, Victoria BC