Rosie Phillips

Rosie Phillips is a self-taught painter. Creativity was always a part of her childhood, but it wasn’t until she completed A-Levels in 2019 that she began practicing art professionally, taking on commissioned work and exhibiting locally.

Her figurative work is an examination of body language and inner emotional states. Phillips' aim is to ‘interrupt’ fleeting moments, observing the ways in which the figure naturally contorts and establishes itself in response to it's environment. She spends her time engaging with her love of realism and traditional methods, finding ways to take an oversaturated genre of art and introduce something new; toying with texture, composition and colour, leaning into the creative potential of experiments and chance marks, finding ways to isolate specific details and work them further. Attention to detail is really important to her and an integral part of her practice.

Time and time again she finds herself inspired by the people and animals around her; Most of her subjects have been people that she is close to. This has allowed Philips to communicate expressions and relationships that feel universal. She strives to convey a sense of narrative and personal flair.