Maria Rose ROI is a British oil painter, with a contemporary take on the great British landscape painting tradition. Maria works mostly outside, from life, letting nature and the seasons guide her, attempting to capture the essence of a place or moment in time. Maria has exhibited with the South West Academy, the Royal Institute of Oil painters, the Chelsea Art Society, the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the New English Art Club and the British Plein Air Painters. Maria has written articles for The Artist Magazine and was a contestant on Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2018.Maria was elected a Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) in 2023.
Prizes
- Creatives Connect ‘Spirit of Malvern’ plein air competition 1st prize 2024
- Art in the City plein air competition, Gloucester 1st prize 2022
- Finalist, Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize 2021
- Tonic Gallery Prize, SWAc, Reflections Exhibition 2020
- Pintar Rapido Cass Art Prize winner 2019
- Second Prize winner at ROI Paint Live 2018
- Winsor and Newton 2nd prize, ROI 2017
- Julian Barrow Award, Chelsea Art Society 2017
- Second Prize winner ROI Paint Live 2016
- Third Prize winner ROI Paint Live 2015
