Rosie Sanders: By any other name

ROSIE SANDERS

ROSIE SANDERS By any other name

Jonathan Cooper 20 Park Walk London SW10 0AQ t: +44 (0)20 7351 0410 mail@jonathancooper.co.uk jonathancooper.co.uk

Flowers, and more recently roses, often still growing, sometimes picked and taken indoors, can be sparkling with dew, or fading and dishevelled, alive or dead but always fresh to my eyes and demanding my attention. It is the shapes and colours that fascinate, the intensity of light and the way it affects the patterns and textures, or the movement that alters the shape.

Painting for me is usually a period of intense observation, absorption, stillness and meditation, focusing both on the minutiae and the bigger picture with detailed concentration and fleeting glances. It is an intimacy like no other, love perhaps, certainly a ‘getting to know’ followed by a deep understanding and a commitment.

In contrast, I make quick spontaneous paintings or drawings of flowers in situ, just catching a moment’s light or movement, it aids an understanding different to that of studio observation. With these drawings, there is less time to think and it is more about reaction and instinct so something comes across that is almost unknown but is nevertheless absorbed into the memory. It is this fund of images and emotions that becomes an adumbration for future paintings.

Rosie Sanders

1 Celebration Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 90.5 × 77 cm / 35.62 × 30.31 in

£ 9,600

2 Pr ide and prejudice Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 90.5 × 77 cm / 35.62 × 30.31 in

£ 9,600

3 There’s always a story Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 102 × 124 cm / 40.16 × 48.81 in

£ 16,000

4 Fire dance Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 90.5 × 77 cm / 35.62 × 30.31 in

£ 9,600

5 The dark side of the moon Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 90.5 × 77 cm / 35.62 × 30.31 in

£ 9,600

6 Time and memory Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 90.5 × 77 cm / 35.62 × 30.31 in

£ 9,600

7 Ophelia Watercolour, charcoal and pastel on Arches 640 gsm paper 102 × 124 cm / 40.16 × 48.81 in

£ 16,000

8 Secrets to tell Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 77 × 90.5 cm / 30.31 × 35.62 in

£ 9,600

9 Silent witness Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 90.5 × 77 cm / 35.62 × 30.31 in

£ 9,600

10 Dancing in the dark Watercolour and pastel on Arches 640 gsm paper 102 × 154 cm / 40.16 × 60.62 in

£ 19,800

11 Heart of darkness Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 102 × 154 cm / 40.16 × 60.62 in

£ 19,800

12 Shades of red Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 90.5 × 77 cm / 35.62 × 30.31 in

£ 9,600

13 All in the golden after noon Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 90.5 × 77 cm / 35.62 × 30.31 in

£ 9,600

14 Now that Apr il’s here Watercolour on Saunders Waterford 300 gsm paper 138 × 178 cm / 54.33 × 70 in

£ 34,000

15 Summer’s story Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 77 × 90.5 cm / 30.31 × 35.62 in

£ 9,600

16 Rosa mundi Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 90.5 × 77 cm / 35.62 × 30.31 in

£ 9,600

17 Infinite shades of grey Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 90.5 × 77 cm / 35.62 × 30.31 in

£ 9,600

18 Here comes the sun Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 90.5 × 77 cm / 35.62 × 30.31 in

£ 9,600

19 Gentle Her mione Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 102 × 124 cm / 40.16 × 48.81 in

£ 16,000

20 Passion Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 90.5 × 77 cm / 35.62 × 30.31 in

£ 9,600

21 Enigma Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 90.5 × 77 cm / 35.62 × 30.31 in

£ 9,600

22 Sweet love remembered Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 90.5 × 77 cm / 35.62 × 30.31 in

£ 9,600

23 Remembrance of things past Watercolour on Arches 640 gsm paper 90.5 × 77 cm / 35.62 × 30.31 in

£ 9,600

ROSIE SANDERS Bor n in Buckinghamshire, lives and works in Devon SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2002 – 2019 Solo exhibitions with Jonathan Cooper, London 2009

Solo exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Society, Rosemoor

Solo exhibition at Olympia Art & Antiques Fair, London

2011

Solo exhibition at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London

S E L E C T E D G RO U P E X H I B I T I O N S 1992

7th International Exhibition , the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Car negie Mellon

1996

Kew Gardens Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK

The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Car negie Mellon

University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

1997

Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana, USA

Wave Hill, at the National Arts Club, New York, USA

1998

S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia

Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, South Afr ica

1999

Millesgarden Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

2000

Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

2001

Marciana Library, Venice, Italy

University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

2002 – 2003 Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, USA 2005

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

2006

Seiji Togo Memor ial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

2008

Treasures of Botanical Art, Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK

2009

Art of Plant Evolution, Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK

2010 – 2011 Hidden Treasure, Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK 2013

Botanical Art into the Third Millennium, Museo Della Grafica, Pisa, Italy

2014

Botanical Art in the 21st Century, Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK

2014 – 2019 Exhibited at Master piece London 2015

The Joy of Spring, Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK Work from Botanical Artists in the Collection of Dr Shirley Sherwood OBE: Celebrating 25 Years of her Collection, Jonathan Cooper, London

2015 – 2016 Nature’s Bounty, Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK

Exhibited at the New York Art, Antiques and Jewelry Show, USA

2015 – 2017 Exhibited at the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antiques Fair, USA 2016

Flowers in Art, Francis Maere Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium

2017

British Artists in The Shirley Sherwood Collection, Shirley Sherwood Gallery,

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK

Abundance: Seeds, Pods and Autumn Fruits, Shirley Sherwood Gallery,

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK

2018

Jonathan Cooper: 30 Years, Jonathan Cooper, London

AWA R D S 1985

Royal Academy Miniature Award

1984 – 2003 Awarded five Royal Horticultural Society Gold Medals MUSEUM COLLECTIONS The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Car negie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK The National Art Library, Victor ia and Albert Museum, London, UK Yale Center for Br itish Art, New Haven, Connecticut, USA P U B L I C AT I O N S 1980

Portrait of a Country Garden, published by Aurum Press, London

1988

The English Apple, published by Phaidon Press, London

2010

The Apple Book, published by Frances Lincoln, London

Das Appel-Buch , published by Delium Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld Rosie Sanders: Überwältigende Blüten , published by Elisabeth Sandmann Verlag,

2015

Munich, with an introduction by Andreas Honegger

Rosie Sanders: Flores deslumbrantes , published by Maeva Ediciones, Madr id Flowers - A celebration of botanical art , published by Batsford, London Rosie Sanders Roses: A celebration in botanical art, published by Batsford, London Rosie Sanders: Überwältigende Blüten , published by Elisabeth Sandmann Verlag, Munich

2016 2019

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Now that April’s here Rosie Sanders’ studio, Devon

Commissions undertaken

Jonathan Cooper 20 Park Walk London SW10 0AQ t: +44 (0)20 7351 0410 mail@jonathancooper.co.uk jonathancooper.co.uk

Catalogue designed by Graham Rees Design

Jonathan Cooper