ARTIST STATEMENT

I photograph moments of my everyday life that strike me, taking multiple images from different angles. Then I use watercolor and paper to create representational paintings, emphasizing kooky perspective and going for extreme color. Because the world is beautiful and deserves a second look.

BIO

Rose Manning is a Providence-based artist working in watercolor on paper and painted objects. She earned a BFA in Industrial Design from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. After college, she worked for ten years as an “envisioner,” developing and communicating early-stage product and service ideas. Trained as a painter from childhood with Solace Loven, her education also includes RISD Pre-College, painting and drawing coursework at MassArt, and classes at RISD CE, Providence Art Club, and the Rhode Island Watercolor Society.

EDUCATION

2008 — BFA, Industrial Design, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

2018 - Present — Classes at RISD CE, Providence Art Club, Rhode Island Watercolor Society

MEMBERSHIPS

Rhode Island Watercolor Society

North East Watercolor Society

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 — Botanical Wonder, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, online. Juried.

2026 — Shades of Green, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport, RI. Juried.

2026 — Members’ Show, North East Watercolor Society, online.

2026 — Adirondacks 45th National Exhibition of American Watercolors, View Arts Center, Old Forge, NY. Juried

CONTACT

Studio Address: 40 Sprague Street, Unit 1G, Providence, RI 02907

Email: rkmanning@gmail.com