Hello. My name is Rose.

I write young adult fiction and make things pretty.

I love: using my paintings as photo backdrops, illustrating books, the feeling of possibility one can only get early in the morning standing on a balcony, haberdashery, perfect pancakes, and dusk. I was: born in September, a wallflower, have skinny flat feet, only recently became flexible enough to touch my toes, and can fix almost anything with tape (ask my 5-yr old son).

I live: in an 8-story concrete building painted pink and cream, in Turkey, across from a park, in a neighborhood of roses.

Select people work with me as their Visual Director where I merge design sense with message cohesion so they can attract smart, savvy people who pay them to do what they love. Take a look at my illustration and visual portfolios, and check out my project resume to see what I’ve been up to.

I am a sparker of dialogues. Conversation junkie. Writing a YA futuristic novel with a disguise-wearing alias-using protagonist. Mother to two. Originally from Wisconsin, I hold an MFA in Painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art (2004), and a BS in Art from the University of Wisconsin (2001).

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“Collaborating with Rose is not work at all – it’s creative play.” - Catherine Salter Bayar, designer + writer + treasure hunter = craftivist

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“Rose is an amazing listener who is able to visually map the ether that makes up our ideas… she has the gift of getting into other people’s heads and figuring out what we want and need before we even know it.” - Sezin Koehler, writer, activist, editor, self-portraitist, Scream Queen, and many other roles