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Showcasing Dwight Rose's Watercolor paintings

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Dwight Rose conducting a watercolor workshop

My Background

Dwight Rose is a professional artist, specializing in painting and teaching watercolor. After graduating with a BFA in painting from the Ringling College of Art and Design, he began his career in Sarasota, Florida. Exhibiting in local galleries, his paintings were recognizable with images of tropical landscapes and historic homes. Teaching for Ringling College, he later expanded his courses to community and museum programs.

In 2001– 2007, Dwight lived in Doha, Qatar and traveled internationally. He captured images of the Middle East, China, Thailand, India, and many other countries. Once again in the college classroom, he enjoyed his diverse students. Exhibiting in Qatar, Turkey, and in the USA, his work was enjoyed and collected by an international audience.

Moving to Spartanburg in 2008, he’s had numerous solo exhibitions in the region. An award-winning artist, his work has been in the SC Watermedia Society Traveling Exhibition,. His work has been featured at Converse College, Blowing Rock History and Art Museum, the Peacock Gallery at the Middle Georgia State University, USC-Aiken Etherredge Center and The ArtStation Stone Mountain, Georgia.

Dwight currently lives and has a studio in Bradenton Florida. Most recently his work was featured in the Florida Watercolor Society 2023 juried online annual members show and 2024 annual juried members show and convention in St. Petersburg Florida.

He taught for Greenville Center for the Creative Arts, Spartanburg Art Museum, and has offered many regional workshops. His work is in the collection of the City of Greer, Spartanburg County Public Library, the Hobcaw Barony, and many private collectors.

His career includes memberships in the Salmagundi Club, National Watercolor Society, The Florida Watercolor Society, and a signature member in excellence both with the SC Watercolor Society and the Florida Watercolor Society. He served as a board member for the Spartanburg Artist Guild, and the Spartanburg Collective formerly known as the West Main Artist Cooperative in Spartanburg SC.

His words describe his work:

It’s a magical process with rewarding outcomes: I surmise an idea, collect my inspirational references, grab my tools, and go to work. I sketch by using the blocking in method, crucial for accepting and forming the ideas for my paintings. The first mark is the instigator, the spark, the embryo. Then I ponder, block in some more, ponder again and then – okay, the idea is complete! The final sketch may incubate and if needed, adjustments are made or, sometimes, the process is repeated. I must be committed to accepting my composition before moving on to the final phase of creating the painting. Then it’s just me, light and form.

My Medium

I use W&N professional watercolors primarily and do intermix other specialty colors such as the Quinacridones pigments found in the Daniel Smith brand of pigments.

Quinacridone is an organic compound used as a pigment. Numerous derivatives constitute the quinacridone pigment family, which finds extensive use in industrial applications such as robust outdoor paints, inkjet printer ink, tattoo inks, artists' watercolor paints, and color laser printer toner. As pigments, the quinacridones are insoluble.

Watercolor is on the rise as quite the popular medium with the populace nationally. There have been quite numerous shows this year and the watermedia show is no exception that has really demonstrated how powerful a medium it is. It all started with the AWS back in 1866 when such artist as Winslow Homer and Charles Burchfield, John Singer Sargent, Thomas Eakins Gladys Davis Edward Hopper got together to legitimize the medium by having events showcasing the medium. AWS is the oldest watercolor society in America celebrating 150 years in the business.

These painters were the most instrumental American watercolorist and key to transforming its reputation.

Old barn painted in a limited watercolor palette

My Inspiration

I have visited 24 countries and lived in three. Living in the Middle East was a 7-year teaching experience of desert, dunes, and no natural waterways other than the Persian Gulf. My first impression was of amazement that life could be sustained in such an arid place. My paintings took a different direction; I was able to find the beauty in this environment that was void of the lush vegetation that I was so accustomed to. Without a doubt, it demonstrated how important it was for greenery of some kind, as its absence made me yearn for it even more. At the conclusion of this adventure, I moved to Spartanburg and was surrounded by the rich and varied palette of colors and places offered within the Upstate. The Carolinas and the Upstate have countless natural resources for artistic inspiration. The Blue Ridge Mountains, gorgeous lakes, countless waterfalls, and unmatched rural stretches of green spaces combined with its seasonal weather resulted in the perfect stimuli I yearned for as an artist.

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https://www.upstateforever.org/blog/local-art/inspired-watercolor-painter-dwight-rose

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