In my recent work I have been using a method of scoring oil paint to reveal an underpainting of pastel on panel. The scored lines follow serpentine paths which run parallel to one another and produce an appearance of waves or a topographic surface. This slow and deliberate process is counteracted by frequent and hasty erasures and reworking, often many times over. My painting is driven by a generative tension between will and whim. The revisions maneuver the painting away from the intentional and towards the unpredictable. It is a negotiation between my initial aims and the ways that material, colour, form, and shifting impulses play out in reality.
Spielmann Rose is a 2017 graduate of the University of Ottawa MFA program, and holds a BFA from NSCAD University. He has participated in group exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada, The Power Plant, and Art Mûr, and had solo exhibitions at here Pittsburgh, Gallery House, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Karsh-Masson Gallery, and Studio 21. Grants and awards include a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant, an Arts Nova Scotia Creation Grant, the Robert Pope Foundation Painting Scholarship, and two-time finalist of the RBC Painting Competition.