Hello!
I am an artist, animator and educator born and raised in New York City. I draw from observation, and from my experience living in a body. The art I make is either of nature - trees in wind, trees at night, water moving, still water, wind rustling through, or of people - sleeping, resting, floating, people entering nature and becoming nature, literally. I think about trees and bodies alike as vessels for experience, and in my art I explore what I see held inside these vessels.
What parts of the inside can I see on the outside? What can I imagine dwells beyond the outer layer? I am interested in exploring private spaces, like night, dream space, memory, and shadows. For me making is a process of seeing more than I did before, by looking again and again and being open to surprise. It is also about seeing what is in my own inner space, the one that can only be accessed through deep focus, through my memory, image and dream worlds, and through the marks my hand wants to make, which my mind might not understand until they are out on the page.
Please email rosie.rudavsky@gmail.com to inquire about commissions, illustration, buying a piece of art, taking a class with me, hiring me to cook for an event, or anything else. Check out my sketchbook, and my CV.
Things I Love
shadows
dogs
the moon
the color red
trees in the wind
The Wind!
a bead of sweat
rolling out of my pores
and down my skin
Things I am Trying to Find Out
who my ancestors were
who I was as a child
which tree is most like me
Things I Know
my body is a key
the more you look the more you see
things move in cycles