Image 1 : "Ordinary Day", 2010 30.48 x 27.94 cm, 12 x 11 in acrylic on paper Image 2 : "Ever Since", 2010 30.48 x 27.94 cm, 12 x 11 in acrylic on paper
CURRENT BID : Work 1 : $280 / €200 Work 2 : $250 / €180
Rose Marie Cunniffe Rose Marie was born, raised and educated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and continues to live and work in that area. She came to art later in life than most, and brought with her the advantages of much observation and an active imagination. She is largely self-taught and her acrylic abstractions are created slowly, layer by layer. In the end they usually tell a story involving fragments of memory. In her art she strives for grace and the lyrical quality that satisfies her sensibilities.
Her work has been selected for many individual and corporate collections, including QVC, The Scullin Group, The Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia, Wallingford Community Arts Center, The Ballinglen Archive. She has received two fellowships to the Ballinglen Arts Foundation.
Her work has also been included in more than 200 solo, group and juried art exhibitions. Venues include: Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia Sketch Club; Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, Delaware; Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania; West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania State University, Malvern and Media campuses; Art of the State, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; U.S.Artists American Fine Art Show (with Dolan/Maxwell Gallery); The Courthouse Gallery, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland; Wallingford Community Arts Center, Wallingford, Pennsylvania; Main Line Art Center, Haverford, Pennsylvania; Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania. She is also a member of the Exhibition Committee at Wallingford Community Arts Center, where she has been curating, co-curating and installing exhibitions since 1982.
Rose Marie is delighted when viewers discover meanings in her abstractions. She believes art should encourage looking and thinking and feeling, and especially finding.