Maria Rose ROI is part of the UK's growing plein air movement, with a contemporary take on the great British landscape painting tradition. Maria works mostly outside in the elements, letting the seasons guide her. 'When you work in tune with nature you realise how fleeting these precious moments are; every light situation, every sky, every change in the weather are all completely unique and painting is my attempt to try and record this transience.'
Maria was born in London in 1985 and has lived much of her life in the West Country where she now lives in Devon, having graduated from University of Plymouth in 2007 with a BA Honours Fine Art (painting).
In 2023 Maria was elected as a Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. She has exhibited regularly with the South West Academy, the Chelsea Art Society, the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the New English Art Club and is a member of the British Plein Air Painters.
Maria has been a contestant on Sky Landscape Artist of the Year and won the Julian Barrow Award for a Painting, the Windsor and Newton Young Artist and 2nd Prize at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.
Maria has been a contestant on Sky Landscape Artist of the Year and won the Julian Barrow Award for a Painting, the Windsor and Newton Young Artist and 2nd Prize at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.