James Rose

I find myself painting water in one form or another. It flows through all living things. It is where we come from and where we will eventually return to. Water is more essential than all other things on this Earth. Water heals and refreshes; it also floods and destroys. In my dreams it is the unknown, the abyss. When I enter water, everything in my consciousness changes. For years I painted people moving through the subway system, which, in a way, is like painting a river. In nature I might paint a forest in snow or the rain and fog out on the harbor. I embrace it— painting the mist, the rain, the snow. I am drawn to water as my subject, and I will continue to represent it in one form or another in my work.