Exhibition

Rosetta Santucci

New Works

14 Apr - 26 May 2023

“Having spent over a decade experimenting with applications like
jewellery and textile design, it was a natural progression for me to
start painting. My background in costume for film and television
and a passion for textiles – primarily tribal and ethnic designs –
has influenced my painting style.

I’m self taught, and it has only been through practice and time
that I have nurtured my style. I grew up in the Barossa Valley
surrounded by vineyards and wide open spaces, and in so doing,
developed a deep concern with natural forms connected to life –
plants, bones, feathers, hills, trees, stones, and water. More and
more I realise that my paintings are a path of self discovery and
an expression of life’s experiences. As an artist, I understand that
nature and life have a lot to offer.

These works reflect a kind of juxtaposition of the landscape around
me. Cutting, chopping, and reassembling pieces together again
from a scrapbook of memories and imagination. Small dots and
markings represent natures gifts from the elements.”