About

Rose West, born in Gainesville, GA, in 2009, began her early education in New York City, where she spent Sundays at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with her parents. In 2017, her family relocated to Pawleys Island, where she is a rising senior at Waccamaw High School. As a fellow of the CEW Collaborative, Rose worked closely with her mentor, Charles Edward Williams, in 2024 to further develop her artistic skills. Committed to fine arts, she has attended the Savannah College of Art and Design’s (SCAD) Pre-College Program, enriching her understanding of the creative world. She has also engaged in numerous art programs beyond high school, such as the Georgetown County Schools Beach Art Program. This year Rose joined the Portrait Society of America and began benefiting from the faculty demonstrations at their annual conference.

Rose is passionate about portraiture and figurative painting in oil, particularly painting women in varying emotional states that resonate with her personal experiences coming of age. Although, she does sometimes commit to a landscape or a pet portrait.

• Gestural sketch work group exhibition at the South Carolina Maritime Museum - Georgetown, SC

• Original portraiture works and landscapes on display in local restaurants and homes (2D)

• Superintendent’s Art Show award winner Monster Juice (3D)

• Makeup artist for local theater production of Moana Jr.