Artist’s Statement for War and Peace and The Height in Between My involvement is with the tactile, sensuous aspects of materials that are often nontraditional. The source of my inspiration is a reaction that occurs when compounds are mixed; or the changes that take place over time. The work becomes akin to a relic that bears the imprint of time. Each piece is a documentation of my surrender to its daemon or spirit. As I

View from The Garden studio at Hambidge Center I am writing this on my last day at the Hambidge Center which, I read yesterday on a barely noticeable plaque on a rock post by the gate, is on the national list of historic landmarks. It’s an artists’ retreat in the mountains of North Georgia where visual artists, writers, choreographers and composers come to create in seclusion away from the humdrum realities of everyday life. I’ve

An exhibition featuring both collaborative and individually created works on paper by Rose Marie Prins and Carol Komater will open on Friday, December 2, from 5:30 to 8 p.m.  Komater and Prins Works on Paper It will be held at the Morean Arts Center in conjunction with A Taste of the Morean. While there is a charge for the December 2 event (see below), there will be an artists’ reception on December 10, from 5 to 8

My painting class starts tomorrow evening (Tuesday, November 1), at the Morean Arts Center in downtown St. Petersburg. Sign up by calling the Morean at 727-8227872, or go to their web site. To see my art visit www.rosemarieprins.com. I generally work non-representaionally, but I teach all styles of painting and a variety of mediums including watercolors, acrylics, oils and mixed media. My goal in teaching is to have each of my students develop their own