‘ Jo Rose is an impressionist painter working from her studio in Winchester, who captures the quiet narrative found in rural landscapes, community and the small, often missed moments of daily life, transforming these fleeting moments in richly layered, emotive worlds.

Rose’s new work layers earth, memory, and myth from the landscapes of Dartmoor and Devon. The recent works sit alongside pieces inspired by the chalk beds of the river Itchen and the mysteries of the New Forest, forming a collection that feels as personal and nourishing as it is magical. Drawn back time and again to the Devon countryside she loves, Rose chose the Chagford Gallery to debut her anticipated collection because of the gallery’s reputation for championing artists whose work is rooted in craft and landscape.

Rose’s latest work journeys through shifting seasons and landscapes, capturing the muted greys of lone sheep, the sudden intimacy of a belted Galloway’s gaze, or the quiet camaraderie of workers grafting side by side on the farm. Her interplay of light and colour draws the viewer deeper in the narrative of the piece, creating an iridescent, fleeting quality that offers a blissful moment of peace, and an otherworldly softness and depth that has become a hallmark of Jo Rose’s unique take on abstract impressionist style.’