About this episode

In this episode, Mandy Jakich interviews landscape painter Rosanne Croucher about her artistic journey and balancing motherhood with her painting career.

Rosanne Croucher is a landscape oil painter from Hamilton New Zealand. She sees herself as a 'painter of moments' as well as landscapes, capturing the splendour, light and mood of ordinary everyday Aotearoa scenes. In this episode we talk about Rose's experience completing a masters degree of design and visual arts at Unitec in Auckland, which she completed in 2013; how she juggles being a mother of 3 children whilst still prioritising time to paint; why she likes to capture ordinary scenes a...

People in this episode

Host: Mandy Jakich

Guest: Rosanne Croucher

Topics covered

• landscape painting
• art education
• work-life balance
• New Zealand art
• oil painting

Keywords

• landscape painter
• oil painting
• Aotearoa
• art education
• motherhood

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Unitec

Places: Hamilton New Zealand, Aotearoa

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