About the Artist
I aim to share my tender, curious heart with the world. I enjoy capturing impressions of everyday, overlooked moments or scenes. At times my work has a quality of quiet observation, yet a thread of humor often pokes through. I loves to tell stories - in illustration, comics or writing - much of which has an autobiographical slant. Sometimes I feel sad on a beautiful day. Sometimes am too silly for my own good.
Vibrant color is my true love, and I employ a variety of mediums, including acrylic gouache, color pencil, brush pen markers and digital techniques. Aside from a Drawing 101 class, I am mostly self-taught.
I have traveled to 25 countries and I am a fan of pigeons, architecture, music, little treats, huge 19th century novels, movies and hanging out at coffee shop for hours with my best friends.
Olympia, Washington is my home, where I live with my husband and toddler. Since becoming a mother, my art career and business has blown far off-course. Where I used to have a daily practice, it now feels like a miracle if I have 5 minutes to paint at all. I’m just trying to hang on and not feel like too much of a stranger to myself (if you relate to this, please reach out! Also, I greatly enjoyed this book.)
ARTIST CV (a selection)
Rose Metting
b. 1990 Clark Air Base, Philippines
EDUCATION
2024 - present, South Puget Sound Community College
A.A. in Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC)
2012 Smith College, American Studies, BA
INTERVIEWS
Interview for Soft Spot Gallery, Spring 2020
APPEARANCES
2023 Fall Arts Walk, Peacock Vintage, Olympia, WA
2023/2019/2018/2017/2016 Short Run Comix & Arts Festival, Seattle, WA
2022 Spring Arts Walk, Compass Rose, Olympia, WA
2019/2017/2016 Olympia Comics Festival, Olympia, WA
2017/2016 Spring Arts Walk, Danger Room Comics, Olympia, WA
EXHIBITS
2023 Thurston County Museum of Fine Art (TCMoFA) Spring Arts Walk Exhibit, Olympia, WA
2022 Olympia Art Space Alliance: The Adventures of You & Me, Olympia, WA
2019 Olympia Art Space Alliance: Jelly Bean Blobs, Olympia, WA
2018 25 Things I Will Always Love, Gallery Boom, Olympia, WA
RESIDENCIES
2017 Sou'Wester Lodge Artist Residency Program, Long Beach, WA
ETC
2017 Short Run Comix & Arts Festival, 8'x8' painted photo booth backdrop
COLLABORATIONS
2023 “Every Seed Has A Song” PNW Nature Songs zine
2020 “You Like Crows Too? A Caw-llaborative Zine Organized by Rose Metting” art and informational zine featuring 20 participating artists on the subject of crows
OTHER PRINT PUBLICATIONS
2023 Things That Happened This Year - collection of Patreon diary comics
2019 Really Here: A Brief Time in Big Sur, mixed media travelogue, Self Published
2016 Balik Kampung: Memories of Fulbright ETAs in Malaysia, Published by MACEE