Rose Sloan

Although art has been a life-long interest, it has only been since I retired from teaching in 2001, that I have been able to dedicate myself full time to painting. It has been a life long dream that has finally come to pass. Here is a brief history of my involvement in art.
My husband, Tim Sloan, and I joined the Peace Corps in l964 and stayed one year longer in Quito, Ecuador, in order to paint and have our first child. We had an exhibition of our work when we arrived back in Salt Lake City and with the money we earned, we moved to California. I continued to paint and attend classes at MPC as I could. However, my art work was put aside while I raised two kids. Eventually I went back to college and got my California Credential. After my children were in high school, I went to work as a teacher and taught 3rd grade for 17 years.
After I retired I was able to continue my art work. I have taken classes with the Carmel Adult School and participated in workshops taught by local artists. (Gil Dilinger, Christine Crozier, Jerry Stitt, Edward Norton Ward, and Kaffe Fasset) In the last 2 years, my husband and I began teaching classes with the Carmel Adult School. It has been said that teaching is the best way to learn how to paint. We currently teach an oil and acrylic class and a beginner and intermediate watercolor class. We attend two life drawing classes per week. One is taught by Jeanne Fosnot, the other is an open workshop. We try to paint outdoors once a week.
Although I do not have a gallery, as of now, I try to keep my outwork out in the public eye, by taking advantage of every opportunity to show. In 2007 I sold 10 or 12 paintings.

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Education
Eastern Montana College of Education - 1959 - 1961
Graduated with a B.A. in Art education from U. of Utah in 1963
California Credential Program from San Jose State - 1984

Recent art shows
Honorable Mention: Monterey Country Fair - August 2005
Monterey Peninsula Art Foundation - all member show June, 2005, 2006, 2007
Big Sur Plein Air Festival - June, 2006 and 2007
Three person show at Sally Griffen Senior Center (CCAA) Jan.-Feb., 2007
Five person show at the Avery Gallery at Seaside City Hall: August, 2007
Two person show at the Unitarian Church - Jan. and Feb. - 2008
Paintings at Frames on Broadway, Seaside, - March, April - 2008

Juried Shows
Honorable Mention - Monterey County Fair - 2005 - "Roses"
Monterey County Fair - Aug. 2006 Honorable Mention and First Place and Best in Show for "Silver Chalise with Hydrengeas"
Central Coast Juried Show: Honorable Mention - Sept. 2006
MBPAPA juried show at the Maritime Museum - "The Legacy Continues" - 2007
Santa Cruz Art League, "The California Landscape": March, 2007 -Second Place in watercolors (plein air painting called "Garrapata Beach"
Monterey Plein Air Festival - 2007- Best Historical Building - "Sherman's Headquarters"
MBPAPA Juried Show: "Painted Memoirs" at the Maritime Museum - 2008
Accepted as a Signature Member of Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association, 2008

Art Organizations AS OF 2007
Pacific Grove Art Center
Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art
Central Coast Art Association (CCAA)
Monterey Peninsula Art Foundation (MPAF)
Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association (MBPAPA)