Inspiring Women Winter 2017

I was very uncertain of my “right” to
plunge in to this new life, but was
encouraged by an inspiring teacher in a
school in Florence who said “You must do
this … not for what others think, not for
fame or success, but just for yourself.
Because you will carry this with you
wherever you are for the rest of your life. It
will sustain you whether you are low or
high, give you joy and sustenance … it is a
flame you should nurture.”
Regretfully, I didn’t join her school, but I
did go on to complete four years of Fine
Arts, deliver a thesis and receive grades
that made me proud. With four friends we
set up a studio and worked together for
six years until, one by one, they returned
to their countries of origin. But the work
and the pleasure continue. There are
always new techniques to explore …
printmaking, collage, egg tempera … or
just following a line of thought.
Art is part of my life … it sustains me when I
am low or high, gives me joy and
sustenance. The most important thing I
have created for myself is the emotional
“Portrait of B”
and mental justification to develop
creatively. I think that artists never cease to learn, change and evolve but I have been
surprised how much easier it is to be creative than to be commercially adept!
G E T T I N G T O K N O W
ROSEMARY
If we looked in your purse/
wallet/pocket/handbag
what three things would we
find that would tell us
something about you?
Photos of my family. A
receipt for a piece of work
by Italian artist Giacomo
Soffiantini (which I can’t
really afford). The program
for Artissima and all the
peripheral art shows which
take place in Torino at the
beginning of November.
What personal motto do you
live by and how does it
affect what you do/don’t
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