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ROXANNA JO ALEXANDER

Roxanna (Rocky) Alexander is an award winning artist who began her career in watercolors exhibiting in national and international juried exhibitions. 

She recently switched to oils and these new works represent an exciting fresh approach to painting fiery dawn to dusk landscapes using a palette knife technique that accentuates her dramatic compositions and application of oils on canvas. Rocky is also one of the premiere painters in our area of gardens and flowers, her passion carrying over from her days as a Landscape Architect. Here again, the drama of the flowers and foliage are accentuated by her use of the palette knife

Rocky is a signature member of the NC Watercolor Society and recently won a Windsor Newton Merchandise Award. Rocky is  also a juried member of Artspace a founding member of the  Fine Arts League of Cary and teaches both oils and watercolors in Cary and here at the gallery.

She was raised in the San Francisco area of California, attended College of San Mateo majoring in Architecture and Art;  attended Utah State University, majoring in Landscape Architecture and spent 20 years in Colorado painting and teaching watercolors prior to moving to Raleigh.

Education:
• AA in Architecture , College of San Mateo, CA,1966. Studied art under Victor Cuevas de la Mora, University of           the  Americas in Mexico City, 1967
• BLA in Landscape Architecture, Utah State,1969 University (double minor in art and civil engineering
• Studied oils under M. Greene, CSM, CA, 1969-71
• Studied watercolors under Virginia Clayton, Littleton, CO, 1978-1985

Associations:
• (CCAA) Fine Arts League of Cary, Cary, NC,1993-present
• Watercolor Society of North Carolina, 1993-present
• Wake Visual Arts Association, Raleigh, NC, 1993-97
• Visual Arts Exchange, Raleigh, NC  1997-present
• Artspace Artist Association, Raleigh, NC  2002-present
• Louisiana Watercolor Society, LA, 2002-present
• Garner Arts Association 2003-present
• National Watercolor Society, affiliate, 2002-present

Galleries:
• Visual Arts Exchange, Raleigh, NC, 1994- present
• Nicole’s Studio, Raleigh, NC  2000-present
• Juried member of Artspace, Raleigh, 2002-present

Awards
• First Place, Third Place &  Honorable Mention in  W/C , Autumn Arts ‘94, Kerr Lake Arts Assoc. and Kerr Lake- Granville Community  College
• Best of Show at CCAA, Holiday Fantasy  Show at Page-Walker Arts and History Center, 1994
• Purchase Award, CCAA Annual Spring Daze Juried Art Show, 1995
• 2nd Place, CCAA Holiday Show 1997
• 1st Place, NC Nature Artists Show, 1998
• Honorable Mention, CCAA Holiday Show, 1998
• Honorable Mention, 1^st Annual Burlington Small Works Exhibition 2000
• Windsor & Newton Merchandise Award, WSNC 55^th Juried by Joseph Fettingis
• Honorable Mention, Fine Arts League of Cary’s 2000 Holiday Show
• 2^nd Place,  Rocky Mount 44^th Annual National Juried Art Show, May 2001
• 2^nd Place Passion Award, Visual Arts Exchange’s Passionate Pieces, Feb. 2002
• 2^nd Place, VAE New Works Show, SECA juror David Brown, Sep. 2002
• CVA Purchace Award, FALC Spring Juried Show, 2003

Exhibitions:
• Cary Town Hall, NC
• Glenaire Retirement Center, Cary, NC
• Jordan Hall Arts Center, Individual & Instructors’ Shows
• Page-Walker Arts and History Center Holiday Shows
• Associated Artists of Southport Show, NC
• 21^st National Juried Exhibition, Goldsboro, NC, April, 2000
• Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC  June, 2000
• Associated Artists of Southport’s National 2000 Exhibit
• 1^st Annual Burlington Small Works Exhibition, 2000
• 2000 WSNC Annual Exhibition, Manteo, NC,
• AAWS "An American Experience", Winston Salem 2000
• NC State Fair Juried Exhibition 2000, 2001
• Pike’s Peak W/C Soc. Watermedia 12 Internat’l 2001,CO
• 22^nd National Juried Exhibition, Goldsboro, NC, 2001
• Fine Arts League of Cary, 7^th Annual Spring Show, 2001
• Solo Exhibition, NC Trial Lawyers Academy Building, Raleigh, 2001
• 44^th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount, NC, 2001
• Burlington Artists League Small Works Competition, 2001
• Associated Artists of Southport’s 21^st July National Exhibition, 2001
• Watercolor Society of NC’s  56^th Juried Exhibition:2001
• W/C Society of Louisiana’s 32^nd Internat’l Exhibition, 2002
• Southport, NC Invitational 2002
• VAE NEW Show Exhibition, Sept 2002
• W/C Society of NC’s 57^th Juried Exhibition: 2002
• Juried member of Artspace Artists Association - 2002
• Artspace Artists Annual New Works Show – 2003, 2004
• Pike’s Peak W/C Society’s Internat’l Watermedia VIII 2003
• W/C of NC’s 59^th Exhibition, 2004, Juror: Frank Webb

Part of  Private Collections in:  Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington DC, Paris, France

Instructor:  
• Watercolors,  in Franktown, CO for adults and children.
• Watercolor, mixed media in Cary, NC for adults, teens and children at Jordan Hall Arts Center  and Cary Senior Center
• Wayne County Arts Council
• NC, Private studios, Raleigh, NC
• Nicole’s Studio, Raleigh, NC (oils with palette knife).
• Judge for Brush & Palette Club, Sanford, NC  Oct.2000
• Judge for Cary Women’s Club annual show, 2001, 2002

Publications:
Illustrations for “This is Russell, Russell is a Republican”, publication date: June 2002

Civic / Community Involvement:
• Exhibition Chair, Cary Cultural Arts Assoc., 1994-1997
• Newsletter Editor, Cary Cultural Arts Assoc., 1995-1997, 1999-2001
• Acting President, Cary Cultural Arts Assoc., 1998-1999
• President,  Cary Cultural Arts Assoc.,  1998-1999
• Membership Chair & Newsletter Editor, Fine Arts League of Cary, 1998-2002
• Regional Director: Watercolor Society of NC, 2000-2004
• Vice President of Artspace Artists Assoc.      2003-2004
• President, Artspace Artists Assoc.    2004-2004