Cate Rose Art & Design

25/04/2026

Life has been a bit challenging of late but creating has always given me an outlet to express emotion. It’s so freeing when it all comes loose. This is part of a piece I am working on which draws a few elements together. This is not to say it will end up as I envisaged but it’s the germ of an idea which sparks it! Do other people feel like this when they start creative ideas I wonder! Like you have an idea but as it forms it can still become something else? 🤔

26/03/2026

All hands on deck setting up the 130th Annual Western Australian Society of Artists Exhibition! Opening tomorrow night at the South Pert Community Centre! Check out my painting of the gorgeous old Windsor Hotel in the watercolour section. So many beautiful paintings by West Australian artists! Come and visit over the weekend and show some love!

09/02/2026

Freo sunsets are the best ✨.

04/02/2026

I enjoyed visiting the Terracotta Warriors Exhibition at the WA museum so much I went twice! I drew them on the first visit and was inspired to paint a couple of them on the Baohong watercolour block I was gifted from Baohong. I was awarded the Baohong Excellence Award at the Le Venezie International Watercolour Festival for my piece ‘Colour and Drama in Venice’ last year. The festival is jointly sponsored by Italy and China so it seems only fitting. The finalists were exhibited in an incredible 12th Century Palazzo in the Veneto. It was so lovely to be in Italy and meet up with fellow artists from all over the world, I can’t believe I was there again. Just fantastic. Thanks to all the hardworking people who made it happen!

15/12/2025

Always happy whenever someone likes one of my artworks enough to take it home to enjoy it! Another one coming soon (thanks again to Joe, Freo print legend! He’s printed my artwork on museum quality watercolour paper colour matched so well it’s hard to tell the difference between the original & the print!!). Pop into Freo’s National Hotel there are a few of my Fremantle artworks to enjoy! 🖼️ 🫶✨

03/11/2025

Happy memories of our trip to Japan earlier this year. We stayed in the sweetest traditional home with rice paper walls, a tiny staircase upstairs and slept on futon mattresses. We had the kindest Japanese host 🌸. I always travel with a little sketch book as I find drawing creates an intense memory of the moment. This was the view out of our upstairs window.

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13/10/2025

Honoured to receive a Special Prize for my watercolour ’Colour and Drama in Venice’ at the Awards ceremony on Saturday

30/09/2025

16/09/2025

Our life model created some extra challenging poses for us in our last figure drawing session! I asked her if she did yoga but it turned out she was a body builder which explained her strength at holding very difficult shapes for us (even for 8 minutes!)! Luckily I like a challenge! I used a Bamboo nib with ink on cartridge paper from Jackson’s Art Supplies.

28/08/2025

I love discovering beach jewels! This one came home for my collection! Yellow is my favourite colour! Walking is perfect for renewing and sustaining - and makes the dog so happy 🏖️ 🐶💕

05/08/2025

7 minute poses! I had so much fun at life drawing on the weekend I love the challenge! I forgot how enjoyable it is. Thanks to our lovely model Karen and the lovely group of artists who made me feel welcome 🫶