Metadata
Title
Untitled (Octagonal Vase with Red Tulips)
Media
Acrylic
Description
In a series of still lives featuring octagonal decorative items, Roz Marshall plays with one-dimensional and two-dimensional planes creating a dynamic circus of pattern and colour. Faces appear on a plate and a vase. There are echos of the same elements in the table cloth. The shifts between realism and abstraction make a lively image.
Acrylic or watercolour on paper
Dimensions
40x25.25 inches
Condition
Excellent. Silver-coloured metal frame. Broken glass at time of purchase. Glass replaced by CAPF 2024.
Width (inches)
25.25
Height (inches)
40
#Hashtags
#RozMarshall, #table, #mosaic, #vase, #octagon, #red, #tulips, #Vancouver resident, #Canadian art, #British Columbia art, #BC artist
Intake Year
2024
Artist
Marshall, Roz
Origin Date Accuracy
Approximate date
Origin Year
1985
Exhibition
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2008-2011 Own Gallery / Studio in Kealakekua, Hawaii
2003 - 2007 Lavender Moon Gallery, Kainaliu, Kona, Hawaii
1999 - 2003 Amaury Ste. Gilles Gallery, Hapuna Prince Hotel, Hawaii
2001-2003 Omega Gallery, Vancouver BC
2000 Gallery III, Georgia , Vancouver BC
1999 5 out of 5, Atrium Gallery, Hong Kong Bank, Vancouver, BC
1996 John Ramsay Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1995 Buschen-Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1994 One Woman’s Journey: A Twenty Year Retrospective, Buschen-Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1993 Still Life Installation, Buschen-Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver
1992 Prince George Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
1977 - 1992 13 solo exhibitions Bauxi Gallery, Vancouver BC
1977 - 1992 6 solo exhibitions Bauxi Gallery, Toronto BC
1977 - 1992 Many group exhibitions at Bau-xi Galleries, Toronto and Vancouver.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1983 - 2003 Arts Umbrella “Splash”, Vancouver, BC
2001 Cookie Show, Vancouver Craft Museum
Arts Pacifica, Hawaii, juried competition
2000 Christmas Show, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver
East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo
1997 - 2001 Artists in Our Midst, Vancouver, BC
1994, 1995, 1998 Artists in Bloom, Buschen-Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver
1997 The Canadian Collection at APEC, Vancouver, BC
Roz Marshall: Contemporary Flowers, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria , BC
1996 Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC
1995 Shepard Gallery, Whistler, BC
Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC
1994 Art Auction, Vancouver Art Gallery
Alumni Exhibition, Emily Carr College of Art, Vancouver
New Trends, Hong Kong Trade & Convention Centre, Hong Kong
1993 A Show of Cats, Prior Editions, Vancouver
A Taste of the Claridge Collection, The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
Tresors d’Art, Singapore, International Art Show
Tokyo International Art Show
1992, 1993, 1994 Art Asia, Hong Kong, International Art Show
1992 New Faces, Buschen-Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver
1990 Bau-Xi 6, Arts Alliance, Courtenay, BC
1989 Edgehibition, Richmond Art Gallery, BC
1987 Shore Lines, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
1985 Women Artists, University Women’s Club, Vancouver
1984 Women Artists: 1884-1984, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1983 Vancouver Art & Artists 1930-1983, Vancouver Art Gallery
1982 10th Annual Gallery Artists Exhibition, Shayne Gallery Montreal
Pattern Painters, O’Keefe Centre, Toronto
1981 Emerging Canadian Artists, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, AB
BC Currents, Sarnia Public Library and Art Gallery, ON
A Time of Plenty, Travelling Show, Vancouver Art Gallery
1979 Strictly Speaking, under the auspices of the Canadian Embassy,
Washington, D.C.; travelled also to Atlanta, Boston and Chicago
1978 Women Artists, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
Christmas Show, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
1977 Painting Now, Agnes Etherington Gallery, Kingston, ON
Christmas Show, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
1974 Young Contemporaries, AB College of Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
Essay
Roz Marshall is a Welsh-born Canadian artist known for her vivid, richly decorative still-life paintings that celebrate colour, pattern, and pictorial space. Deeply influenced by the intricate designs of Middle Eastern art, the lush vibrancy of Hawaii where she currently resides, early Renaissance painting, and traditional British portraiture, her work explores the complexities of what it means to be female artist.
Marshall’s imagery reflects a lifelong assertion of feminine creativity, often resembling tapestries or quilts—compositions that honour traditional women’s work. Her subject matter is drawn from the intimate spaces of her life: gardens, fruit, pets, and vases of roses, all rendered with playful invention and emotional honesty. Her paintings are a synthesis of life experiences, rich in personal symbolism and visual storytelling, standing out for their bold use of colour and their thoughtful exploration of domestic and artistic identity.
Marshall grew up in a British Royal Air Force family, living in England, Washington D.C., Bahrain, and eventually Vancouver, BC, where her family settled when her father retired. She studied at the University of British Columbia (1965–66) and graduated with Honours in Painting from the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art + Design) in 1970, mentored by Don Jarvis, Bruce Boyd, and Jack Shadbolt. She continued her studies in ceramics and drawing at High Wycombe College of Art in England (1971), and in printmaking at Alberta College of Art (1973–75).
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, she received Canada Council grants to study and work in London and Florence. Over her career, she has held more than 50 solo exhibitions in Canada, Hawaii, and internationally, and her work was chosen to decorate the 1993 summit between President Bill Clinton and President Boris Yeltsin. She exhibited widely in the Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo art fairs throughout the 1990s and has been featured in over 25 publications. For more than 30 years, she has taught students from preschool to university. Since 2002, she has resided in Hawaii.
