About Gwen Rosewater:
I attended the The California College of Arts and Crafts and graduated in1987. Aside from thirty years as a portrait painter, I have an extensive background as a textile artist, and have shown my work in major galleries and taught classes in color and composition in that field. But portraiture is my first love, and being a confirmed animal lover, it seems natural to use them in as my subjects. In my animal portrait work, I like to bring my background in textiles to play by creating pictures that are boldly patterned and visually arresting. I don’t work by any formula- each of my paintings is very carefully thought out so as to show the individual dog or cat to the most striking advantage I can think up.