Biography

Artists CV -  Rose Draffin

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Rose Draffin 
B 1956 Lancefield, Victoria
Currently resides in Panton Hill, Victoria.
Resident of Eltham and Nillumbik Shires from 1961.
Painter, primarily in oils, printmaker and occasional sculptor.


Art Education
1983 BA Ed Art, Melbourne College Advanced Education
(Now Melbourne University)
Studied with David Moore, Ron Reynolds and Richard Granville Smith 


Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 Nillumbik Library Community Gallery  - Drawings and Paintings 
2009 Lovegrove Vineyard Gallery  - Drawings and Paintings
2011 Symbols of Loss and Recovery Monsalvat Gallery
2010 Contemporary Landscapes @Three Stories Gallery Healesville
2015 Nillumbik Prize finalist Monsalvat
2017 Nillumbik Prize Finalist ;Shared exhibition with Brownyn Hunt at Bridges in Hurstbridge.
2018 Exhibition Victorian Artists Society with Ron Reynolds
2019 -2021 Various public exhibitions VASS

Rose has been a painter, printmaker and occasional sculptor through much of her adult life, which at times was interrupted by parenting and working responsibilities. As a young women she qualified as an art teacher with a major in painting. Throughout her adult life she also worked with a few artist mentors and art groups to continue her artistic development including tonal painting, and now while her subject matter is quite recognisable it includes a more expressionist and experimental approach. She has participated in a number of group exhibitions and been a finalist in the Nillumbik prize twice and currently works in her studio located in the Melbourne rural fringe.
More recently exhibited  and taught at the Victorian Artists Society, East Melbourne.