Rosie Skaife d'Ingerthorpe

Education
York College (University of Huddersfield) Professional Graduate Certificate in Education 2010
Leeds Metropolitan University M.A. Art and Design 1995
Hertfordshire College of Art Post Graduate Diploma in Art Therapy 1980
Goldsmiths’ College, London B.A. Hons. Fine Art 1975
Oxford Polytechnic Art Foundation Studies 1971-72

Artists’ Statement
I draw and paint from the landscape, figure and still-life in oil paint, acrylic, watercolour, pastel and charcoal. Painting for me is a search for meaning. I aim to make a ‘form’ through construction, discovery and connecting what is outside myself with that which is within. The process allows for the mystery of my subject to manifest itself. Drawing is a vital part of this process; it underpins all my work, particularly for understanding ‘form’. I am not interested in an academic approach to drawing and painting but a free and dynamic encounter with what I see, working through feeling. This gives me a sense of being in nature and the world and not outside of it.

Bio
I have exhibited widely, in London and the North and undertaken public and private commissions, mostly in mosaic in the UK and abroad. I also have a work in the Government Collection.
In addition, I have taught adults, drawing, painting, life drawing and mosaic throughout my career and at present teach a group in Kirkby, near Stokesley. I also undertake individual one to one teaching. My students range from beginners to artists who have degrees and are wanting to develop their work further.