Terry rose artist biography
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Having lived in various locations in the US for most of his life, Terry Rose moved to Shanghai in 2012, before moving to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in 2015. In 2017, Terry Rose passed away in Mexico after a battle with esophageal cancer at the age of 78.
Rose's work is non-representational but focuses on the physicality and texture of paint as the subject.
He juxtaposed subtle, natural colors and vivid, primary colors that vibrate off of each other in space.
Terry rose artist biography
The intensity of color and calligraphic nature pay homage to his love of China, its culture and particularly the color. For many years he worked primarily on monochromatic paintings, but he said, “When I started exploring mediums in China, I came across the most beautiful pigment colors.
It opened up new possibilities." Rose claimed to be “excited to [use] color again.”
Rose’s ceramic vessels were done during his tenure in Shanghai. The forms resemble flowering eruptions with the interior and exterior in contrasting col