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Rosalind Forster (1948-date) was a painter born in London. She studied in London and at the Machester College of Art and design studying graphic design.

Life and Travels
After working for several years in London in the field of graphic design Rosalind moved to Derbyshire where she worked as a freelance artist. In 1979 she established her own print workshop. She has travelled extensively with her work being exhibited widely, both in UK and abroad. Rosalind Forster - a keen gardener - now divides her time between England and Greece.

Work
Rosalind Forster's watercolours and linocuts reflect her passion for flowers, dramatic light and shadow. Sometimes her images come from a chance encounter, as seen in the highly skilled linocuts of sunlit doorways, more usually her subject matters have been careful arrangements of flowers and familiar objects such as lace cloths and jugs. Rosalind Forster - a keen gardener - now divides her time between England and Greece.

Rosalind Forster has had various solo exhibitions, the first being in Sydney, Australia in 1983. Since then she has exhibited regularly, mainly in England and Greece, where she had her Spring Flowers and Sunlit Doorways exhibition with the Jill Yakas Gallery in May 2003. She also exhibited at British Artists in Greece, in 1995, and in A British Gallery in Greece, in 1998, both shows organised by Jill Yakas as part of Britain in Greece, and Britain and Greece, two prestigious festivals organised by the British Embassy and British Council, Athens.

Recent exhibitions have included the Philip Bacon Gallery Brisbane Richard King Gallery, Sydney, Buxton Museum, Derbyshire, and at The Manor House, Ilkley, Yorkshire which formed part of the Bradford Print Biannale. Her work is held in the collections of Derbyshire Museum, Leicester County Council, Derbyshire County Council, and Manchester Council. She also has pieces in private collections in the United Kingdom, W. Germany, Australia, and the USA. Her linocuts, drawings and watercolours are on the cruise ships Oriana and Minerva following commissions by P & O Lines, and Swan Hellenic. Rosalind also undertakes private commissions.