By KIMBERLEY PETITTE
Sentinel Correspondent
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ose" of Rose Illustration, began
her career as a struggling artist |
when her award-winning illustration of
a row of rural mail boxes was chosen
for the cover of the San Lorenzo Valley
Scotts Valley Business Directory.
She chose her business name "Rose
Illustration" because she likens herself
to a "budding" artist while she works,
through her art, to support her children
as a single mom.
Rose works from photos and creates
portraits that look real enough to touch.
She is commissioned to do graphics,
advertising illustration, and real estate
drawings. With each new project, she
refines her technique, designs her own
style and creates artwork that is warm
inviting. Her work is becoming so well
and known that word-of-mouth is bring-
ing more business to her everyday.
The artist says she's been drawing since
she was a toddler. She received many
scholarships while growing up, which
enabled her to study art at colleges in
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San Fernando Valley and Hollywood.
She continued her studies at UCSC
emphasizing in fine art.
The young artist says she is constantly
striving to achieve a balance between
her business and family. she believes
she is able to do both by what she calls
"an organized method." She says rais-
ing her boys on her own is both reward-
ing and challenging.
Rose schedules her bookkeeping, client
contacts, supply purchasing, and il-
lustration while her oldest boys are in
school or daycare. The rest of the time
she devotes to being a mother and run-
ning her home. Her children seem to be
following in her footsteps, as they're
already picking up pencils and drawing
pictures for their mother.
"I really put my whole self into my
work," she said, "and it gives me the
greatest rewarding feeling of
accomplishment after each project I
finish. Things are going great for me!"
Her work may be viewed in her studio.
Contact Rose Illustration anytime for
a no obligation consultation appoint-
ment.
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