Our Guest Artist for the months of March and April is Rose Lewis from Minnesota. Rose has a wonderful sense of composition and her subject matter, frequently mid-century advertising and lifestyles, are a perfect match. It was great fun to go through the box of artwork when it arrived. Everyone had a different favorite around here.

Rose writes:

I live in Oakdale, MN with my husband Joe. He loves to help me out by cutting and sanding the wood blocks needed to mount my many rubber stamps (yes, I still do it the old-fashioned way on wood with homemade sticker on top for indexing). He also gives me many helpful suggestions and sometimes even a great quote. My four wonderful children also love art and are involved in drawing, painting, graphic arts and photography.

Since I can remember I have always been involved in some form of arts and crafts. When eight years old I was pictured in the newspaper doing paper mosaics. For the past twelve years rubber stamping and paper crafts have been my passion. I can never get myself to to purchase a card-- it must be made especially with the recipient well in mind. I also love to give theme parties and will create the invitations, menu, wine list, games and decorations for the event.

I especially enjoy incorporating retro (baby boomer) images into my work with rubber stamps and found images. The graphics from yesteryear remind me of a quieter, simpler way of life and depict things in a fun kind of way. I like to make cards that have a movement to them or have cheerful "stuff" attached or bring a fun thought to mind.

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