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Artist statement

Rosemarie Cameron-Stone is an emerging artist currently in her final year at Weymouth College, studying for a Degree in Art and Design practice.

In her first year, she used various techniques such as cyanotype, sculpture, photography, printmaking, and projection to explore her own psyche. During this process, she became interested in supernatural narratives of good and evil. Since she has always been interested in experiences of unexplainable phenomena. It is these experiences that she attempts to portray in her work.

In her second year, Rosemarie extended her interest when making work about world mythology and epic stories. As myths and legends provide meaning and help us to understand what it is to be human. In her first project, she explored the local Portland legend of The Roy Dog. This narrative draws from the supernatural black dog motif which has a long historical background dating back to Cerberus, the hound of Hades, guarding the Gates of Hell preventing the dead from leaving. The black dog is found in English, European, and Americas folklore and usually portends death but can sometimes assist travelers leading them from harm. She has also used the story of Dracula to create her own modern-day version of the story in stop-motion short films. In the film, she has explored the experience of seeing an apparition and has portrayed the sense of supernatural predatory power, and created an atmosphere of fear.

The techniques and materials that Rosemarie likes to use to explore the chosen myths are; drawing, painting, printing making, cyanotype, photography, photoshop, stop motion film using powerpoint which encompasses the whole narrative of the myths.

Dracula

June 2023
Rosie is interested in making work about world mythology and epic stories, as myths provide meaning and help us to understand what it is to be human.

Rosie Stone is an emerging artist currently in her final year at Weymouth College, studying for a Degree in Art and Design practice.

Rosie is interested in making work about world mythology and epic stories, as myths provide meaning and help us to understand what it is to be human.

Dracula is the focus of this piece is Dracula. Rosemarie is creating her own modern-day version of the story in stop-motion short films. She has explored the experience of seeing an apparition, and has portrayed the sense of a supernatural predatory power which has created an atmosphere of fear. She also made these films into intimate books, so the viewer is in their own world looking at these stalking-like images. This leads the viewer to question if they have been in a similar situation. Rosemarie also is exploring the story of Dracula written by Bram Stoker. She is examining the idea of reincarnation and eternal love in a series of images.

Rosemarie has explored this theme through a range of media and techniques, which include photography, film, Photoshop and book making.

The space that we occupy

December 2021

Here I was looking at the ideas of occupying a space by using boxes to create a new space for the view like yourself to fill.
I am exploring the metaphor of boxes. By creating new spaces in which to engage you as viewer in different concepts. These “contained exhibitions” are curated stories inspired by a visit to the Pitt Rivers and Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, responding to diverse histories, such as Egyptian tombs and Japanese masks.

Typography

May 2022

Here I was working alongside/ with the British Dyslexic Associating to promote there work and who they are but, as well putting a positive message out to the public about what dyslexia is for them and what I dose as well.

Obsessions

March 2022

Here I was using digital photography to create this collection.
With this piece I focused on my own obsessions with dance, nature and fairy tales .

Monochromatic Gallery

November 2021

Here I was looking at the ideas of colour by only using one colour and variations of that colour.
The materials that I have used are acrylic paint and cyanotype.

Juxtapose

June 2022

Here I was using mixed media (wire, wax, acrylic paint, Fethers, Photoshop, glitter, and fake gold leaf).
This piece was focused on juxtaposing - two things that are the polar opposite of each other. So, I chose to do mine on Heaven and Hell or Good and Evil.

The Roy Dog

December 2022

The Roy Dog myth goes as follows:

The animal is described as a shaggy black dog, as tall as a man, with large fiery eyes, one green, one red, and entwined in his mane of dark fur can be seen the freshly plucked eyes of his human victims.
The creature emerges from the watery depths to seize any traveller passing by Cave Hole on Portland Bill, and drags them down into his dark watery domain.

Rosie Stone is an emerging artist currently in her final year at Weymouth College, studying for a Degree in Art and Design practice.
Rosie is interested in making work about world mythology and epic stories. as myths provide meaning and help us to understand what it is to be human.
The focus of this piece is a local myth of Portland Bill; The Roy Dog.
The theme has been explored through a range of techniques: monoprint charcoal, paint, plaster and Indian ink; and culminates in two paintings which encompass the whole narrative.

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