Artists such as Frederic Remington and
Andrew Wyeth are among his influences. His parents also had a significant impact and not just his father. An art major in college, his mother worked in pastels and produced portraits. His father, in addition to his surveying and engineering work, did woodcarving and scrimshaw. Rose attributes his good handwriting and steady hand to him. For the past five years, Rose has
entered pieces into the annual Fine Arts Festival held by the Arts Council of Moore County. He has won something every year, from honorable mention all the way up to first place. Rose has found success in some local art contests as well. Rose works in half-hour to hour-long
blocks at night or on weekends. A small piece may take him 10 hours. Some pieces have taken up to 30 hours over the course of a few months. He rarely spends less than 10 to 12 hours on any project. Rose can usually find at least an hour
or so a week to work on a piece, but sometimes he gets too busy. After all, he does have a full-time job and the responsibilities that come with being a husband and a father. So, for now at least, art remains a
hobby. In the future, Rose would like to
produce and sell more of his work, and take some additional art classes. He said that he would also like to draw some Fayetteville scenes, places in the city that people would recognize but maybe haven’t seen as art before. “I don’t have a ton of time to dedicate
to art right now,” Rose said. “I would like to get to the point where I can do it more aggressively.”CV
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