Rose was born in Chicago, IL where she lived most of her life.  She became interested in art at a very early age and was  painting in oils at the age of 12.  She took art instruction all four years of high school.  She was tutored by a private instructor at a boarding school her first year of high school.  She continued her art instruction the next three years at a public high school in Chicago.  Rose has continued to take instruction from artists in the northwest and recently from the southeast US.

Rose travels extensively around the world and draws much of her inspiration from the diverse cultures she visits.  She is intrigued by the colors of a market place, local clothing of the area, and such beauty as the Burnt Sienna color of the cork trees of Portugal.  Rose tries to capture these things in her paintings.

Rose moved to the Puget Sound area in 1977 and has taken an interest in the growing glass culture of the northwest.  She has been doing fused glass for the past 4 years and continues to experiment with all aspects of fused glass.