In addition to her editorial, curatorial and design work, Vanessa Françoise Rothe is a fine artist honored to be exhibiting the last 22 years alongside the Nations top realists and impressionists in galleries, art clubs, as well as Museums. She is an official Artist Member of the famed Salmagundi Art Club New York, a Signature member of the American Impressionist Society and served as its Educational Director for 4 years.
Rothe holds BA degrees in business and French literature, Vanessa has had two years of classical fine art training at Laguna College of Art and Design and has studied direct with professional artists. She was named one of the "Artists for a new century from the Bennington Center of the Arts in 2012 early on. Rothe began her art career with three successful solo exhibitions at Wendt Gallery in Laguna Beach, along with an impressive list of group shows where her work has been exhibited including: Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction, The Laguna Beach Art Museum, the Annual American Impressionist Society Exhibitions, The California Museum of Fine Art, Artists for a New Century at The Bennington Center for the Arts, Galerie DDG and Galerie Prince de L'oeil in Paris, France, The Salmagundi Club New York, J. Willott Gallery, and California Art Club exhibitions. She has exhibited and sold her 3 works at Arcadia Contemporary during the Americans in Paris exhibition 2018. After exhibiting at Wendt Gallery for 4 years from 2003-2007 she then opened and currently owns Vanessa Rothe Fine Art Gallery at 418 Ocean Avenue in Laguna Beach, exhibiting alongside top International artists and and at many exhibitions and events worldwide. The VRFA Gallery is now celebrating its 10th year. She is founder of the 'Americans in Paris' worldwide Exhibitions and workshops , as well as Realism Without Borders art events and exhibitions.
Vanessa Françoise Rothe grew up in the artists colony of Laguna Beach, CA, the daughter to a well known German clothing designer to the Stars, Detlev Rothe, and her French mother Jacqueline Ricaud. She received top scholarships to study Business/Marketing and French Literature at the University of San Diego, University of CA, Irvine, and later studied Fine Art at the Laguna College of Art and Design receiving top honors throughout. In addition to traditional schooling, she has had the opportunity to study at fine art ateliers in France and Italy as well as directly with many professional contemporary painters.
She has had three successful solo exhibitions at Wendt Gallery in Laguna Beach, along with an impressive list of group shows at Wendt and others, including: Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction, The Laguna Beach Art Museum, The Salmagundi Club in New York City, Arcadia Contemporary in Los Angeles, Galerie Prince de l'Oeil in Paris, The California Museum of Fine Art, Artists for a New Century at The Bennington Center for the Arts, Gallerie DDG Paris, J. Willott Gallery, California Art Club exhibitions and the Annual American Impressionist Society Exhibitions where she is a Signature Member. After exhibiting at WENDT GALLERY in Laguna Beach for 4 years, she now shows currently at her own Fine Art Gallery at VRFA Gallery at 418 Ocean ave in Laguna Beach and curates Fine Art exhibitions for she and her artists worldwide.
Influenced by a blend of classical traditional representational art and Impressionist works by masters such as Sargent, Sorolla, Wendt, Payne, Manet, Cassatt, Cassas, Repin and Suvorov as well as modern master friends such as Scott Burdick, Susan Lyon, Jeremy Lipking, Michelle Dunaway, and Ray Roberts, she takes the essence of a subject and captures its charm with the use of color, shadows, and light. The work is representational or realist as its base and then she adds thicker visable brush strokes and pleasing color combinations to form a realist yet slightly impressionistic style which her collectors admire. Her subjects include the beautiful landscapes of France, Switzerland and Italy, the allure of historic cities such as Paris and Venice, classic California seascapes with a fewe still life's, as well as new figurative work. Learn more about Rothes work and process below.
Vanessa Rothe is the Author/Artist to a new series of art instructional books published by the leader in art instructional books, Walter Foster Publishing entitled "An Art School Approach to Oils" which can be found at barnesandnoble.com, amazon.com and she teaches atelier and plein air workshops in California and Europe.
Rothe is proud to be an artist Ambassador for Rembrant Royal Talens, Isabey, brushes, and RAYMAR's Artfix linen panels.
VIEW Vanessa Rothe's PORTFOLIO OF WORK
Rothe holds BA degrees in business and French literature, Vanessa has had two years of classical fine art training at Laguna College of Art and Design and has studied direct with professional artists. She was named one of the "Artists for a new century from the Bennington Center of the Arts in 2012 early on. Rothe began her art career with three successful solo exhibitions at Wendt Gallery in Laguna Beach, along with an impressive list of group shows where her work has been exhibited including: Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction, The Laguna Beach Art Museum, the Annual American Impressionist Society Exhibitions, The California Museum of Fine Art, Artists for a New Century at The Bennington Center for the Arts, Galerie DDG and Galerie Prince de L'oeil in Paris, France, The Salmagundi Club New York, J. Willott Gallery, and California Art Club exhibitions. She has exhibited and sold her 3 works at Arcadia Contemporary during the Americans in Paris exhibition 2018. After exhibiting at Wendt Gallery for 4 years from 2003-2007 she then opened and currently owns Vanessa Rothe Fine Art Gallery at 418 Ocean Avenue in Laguna Beach, exhibiting alongside top International artists and and at many exhibitions and events worldwide. The VRFA Gallery is now celebrating its 10th year. She is founder of the 'Americans in Paris' worldwide Exhibitions and workshops , as well as Realism Without Borders art events and exhibitions.
Vanessa Françoise Rothe grew up in the artists colony of Laguna Beach, CA, the daughter to a well known German clothing designer to the Stars, Detlev Rothe, and her French mother Jacqueline Ricaud. She received top scholarships to study Business/Marketing and French Literature at the University of San Diego, University of CA, Irvine, and later studied Fine Art at the Laguna College of Art and Design receiving top honors throughout. In addition to traditional schooling, she has had the opportunity to study at fine art ateliers in France and Italy as well as directly with many professional contemporary painters.
She has had three successful solo exhibitions at Wendt Gallery in Laguna Beach, along with an impressive list of group shows at Wendt and others, including: Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction, The Laguna Beach Art Museum, The Salmagundi Club in New York City, Arcadia Contemporary in Los Angeles, Galerie Prince de l'Oeil in Paris, The California Museum of Fine Art, Artists for a New Century at The Bennington Center for the Arts, Gallerie DDG Paris, J. Willott Gallery, California Art Club exhibitions and the Annual American Impressionist Society Exhibitions where she is a Signature Member. After exhibiting at WENDT GALLERY in Laguna Beach for 4 years, she now shows currently at her own Fine Art Gallery at VRFA Gallery at 418 Ocean ave in Laguna Beach and curates Fine Art exhibitions for she and her artists worldwide.
Influenced by a blend of classical traditional representational art and Impressionist works by masters such as Sargent, Sorolla, Wendt, Payne, Manet, Cassatt, Cassas, Repin and Suvorov as well as modern master friends such as Scott Burdick, Susan Lyon, Jeremy Lipking, Michelle Dunaway, and Ray Roberts, she takes the essence of a subject and captures its charm with the use of color, shadows, and light. The work is representational or realist as its base and then she adds thicker visable brush strokes and pleasing color combinations to form a realist yet slightly impressionistic style which her collectors admire. Her subjects include the beautiful landscapes of France, Switzerland and Italy, the allure of historic cities such as Paris and Venice, classic California seascapes with a fewe still life's, as well as new figurative work. Learn more about Rothes work and process below.
Vanessa Rothe is the Author/Artist to a new series of art instructional books published by the leader in art instructional books, Walter Foster Publishing entitled "An Art School Approach to Oils" which can be found at barnesandnoble.com, amazon.com and she teaches atelier and plein air workshops in California and Europe.
Rothe is proud to be an artist Ambassador for Rembrant Royal Talens, Isabey, brushes, and RAYMAR's Artfix linen panels.
VIEW Vanessa Rothe's PORTFOLIO OF WORK
Honors and Awards:
Honor: Signature Artist Member American Impressionist Society- juried 2010 - to present
Award: Voted "Artist for a New Century" by Bennington Center of the Arts 2010
Award: Wendt Gallery Award "Best Aspiring Artist award" and Gallery Representation, Laguna Beach 2002
Honors: Deans List Magna Cum Laude, Laguna College of Art and Design 2002-2004, 2016 and 2018
Award: Festival of Arts Scholarship $1,000 per unit fine art courses 1988 4 consecutive years.
Award: 1st place Senior Art Contest -Laguna Beach High School California 1988
Honor: Signature Artist Member American Impressionist Society- juried 2010 - to present
Award: Voted "Artist for a New Century" by Bennington Center of the Arts 2010
Award: Wendt Gallery Award "Best Aspiring Artist award" and Gallery Representation, Laguna Beach 2002
Honors: Deans List Magna Cum Laude, Laguna College of Art and Design 2002-2004, 2016 and 2018
Award: Festival of Arts Scholarship $1,000 per unit fine art courses 1988 4 consecutive years.
Award: 1st place Senior Art Contest -Laguna Beach High School California 1988
Selected Workshops/ Teaching / Live ART Demo's/ Podcasts- Interviews
2012 Plein Air Convention - Mentor/Teacher Artist plein air painting on location
2013 Plein Air Convention - Teacher Workshop beginning day WATERCOLORS en plein air.
2013 Plein Air Convention Live demo on stage with Pierre Guidetti talking for Sennelier paints and art supplies
2014 California Art Club demonstration at Randy Higbee Gallery, as Orange County Chapter Chair
2015 Plein Air Convention San Diego - Mentor Teacher on location
2015 Laguna College of Art and Design demo for Americans in paris evening event
2015 Americans in Paris live demo at Salmagundi Club
2016 Christies Auction House, New York at Rockefeller center. Live demo in PASTELS for Sennelier Savoir Faire book launch.
2016 American Impressionist Society Live art education demonstration day -Salmagundi Club
2017 Randy Higbee Gallery live Demo
2018 Fine Art and Fashion Demo and Lecture at the Salmagundi Club
2019 Realism Without Borders at VRFA Gallery
2020 Sentient Academy interview live " The Business of Fine Art" with Vanessa Rothe
2020 Travel Sketching with Vanessa Rothe- watercolors by Sennelier.
2021 PODCAST for American Art Collective, magazine LIVE apple podcast with Vanessa Rothe
2021 Gallery PANEL for Vision X Live with 3 other gallery owners.
2022 Live Gallery art demo alongside Derek Penix at VRFA Gallery for LE VOYAGE
2022 Workshops in France, Provence. Americans in Paris, live art demos and lectures
2022 Gallery PANEL for Vision X Live with 3 other gallery owners
2022 Live Art Demo on Facebook LIVE for Rembrant Royal talens Creative Studio live.
2023 February 6-8 page IN PRINT "How to Paint" step by step demo for INTERNATIONAL ARTIST magazine and REMBRANDT ROYAL TALENS
2012 Plein Air Convention - Mentor/Teacher Artist plein air painting on location
2013 Plein Air Convention - Teacher Workshop beginning day WATERCOLORS en plein air.
2013 Plein Air Convention Live demo on stage with Pierre Guidetti talking for Sennelier paints and art supplies
2014 California Art Club demonstration at Randy Higbee Gallery, as Orange County Chapter Chair
2015 Plein Air Convention San Diego - Mentor Teacher on location
2015 Laguna College of Art and Design demo for Americans in paris evening event
2015 Americans in Paris live demo at Salmagundi Club
2016 Christies Auction House, New York at Rockefeller center. Live demo in PASTELS for Sennelier Savoir Faire book launch.
2016 American Impressionist Society Live art education demonstration day -Salmagundi Club
2017 Randy Higbee Gallery live Demo
2018 Fine Art and Fashion Demo and Lecture at the Salmagundi Club
2019 Realism Without Borders at VRFA Gallery
2020 Sentient Academy interview live " The Business of Fine Art" with Vanessa Rothe
2020 Travel Sketching with Vanessa Rothe- watercolors by Sennelier.
2021 PODCAST for American Art Collective, magazine LIVE apple podcast with Vanessa Rothe
2021 Gallery PANEL for Vision X Live with 3 other gallery owners.
2022 Live Gallery art demo alongside Derek Penix at VRFA Gallery for LE VOYAGE
2022 Workshops in France, Provence. Americans in Paris, live art demos and lectures
2022 Gallery PANEL for Vision X Live with 3 other gallery owners
2022 Live Art Demo on Facebook LIVE for Rembrant Royal talens Creative Studio live.
2023 February 6-8 page IN PRINT "How to Paint" step by step demo for INTERNATIONAL ARTIST magazine and REMBRANDT ROYAL TALENS
ABOUT ROTHE'S WORK
Creating a Lasting Impression
My art education is both from classical training in art school as well as internships from professional painters, and often working on location. I feel very lucky to have successful artist friends who have taught me as they recognized my passion for art and willingness to work hard at it. Both avenues have helped mold my style, which is a mix of traditional realism along with painterly impressionism.
I enjoy the subtle changes in value and color within each subject I paint, such as in a field of fresh cut wheat, where there are at least four main shades of gold and adore mixing them and laying them down side by side to build the volume. Oil allows me to layer colors that are similar next to each other and even on top, allowing for some semi controlled mixing of the two colors to form a third that is often an accidental and beautiful. They are rich and allow me to create the contrast I enjoy seeing in nature. With oils I can give importance to an aspect of the scene I most want to convey by highlighting them with a thicker stroke, adding more light or higher contrast. I continue to paint in watercolors on location when I travel, finding much beauty in their transitions and flow. Sketches are always a great color study along with a photo.
With my history as a graphic designer, composition is also something of note to me and plays an important role in my works. For example how a mountain ridge is disrupted by a tree breaking the line. The graphic layout and simplicity of a silloette with a subtle atmospheric sky is pleasing to my eye as the subject is simple and stands out. Or a still life with negative and positive space and how that leads the eye.
My work is simply about capturing a moment, the way I saw it or experienced it, to try and bring a feeling to the viewer, be it of the subjects beauty itself, or of a human feeling. Whether it’s a golden wheat field where the wind blows and the tall reeds sway in the sunlight, an Italian Riviera port when the light brightens the side of multicolored boats, or the light on your face sitting under the shade of rows trees as the sun flickers between long purple shadows at the end of the day. Its about what I remember, saw, or felt as part of that moment. My works are also focused on fashion and interiors, influenced by my father who was a clothing designer to the musicisans and actors. Textures, fabric, interior design and colors have always been some of my favorite and interesting subjects. I have had the privilege to travel the world and see and experience many incredibly beautiful places and... If I can capture those times, those moments where I stood, and make a lasting impression on canvas with the richness of oils, then I’ve succeeded in sharing an amazing thing.
Production
Being in front of my subject, either while I paint, or taking a photo to create with later, is an important part of my work. Whether I make a small watercolor sketch of that moment or scene or take a series of photos of the subject, or set up a live model, its important to me to have experienced it first hand. My works are done in the studio and on location. If Im working on location they are completed within a few hours as Im usually trying to capture a time of day that changes quickly with nature and the sun as it moves changes the shadows. If Im completing a studio peice, I normally will have taken a photo and done a small oil, watercolor or pencil sketch of the scene with notes. Some works in the studio take only an hour or two plein air or painted alla prima, and some will take up to 10-20 hours to complete. I work on a primed canvas or linen, stretched or on Raymar panel. I prime my canvas’s with an additional mixed beige/brown color similar to that of old raw linen. I enjoy when it can be seen thru the works and creates a neutral base for the colors. My works vary in size from a small 8x10 to large 36x48". My subjects include California scenes, Provincial and Tuscan landscapes, Paris city scenes, Interiors, cafe scenes, the riviera with colorful ports and boats, still life's, some florals, and ocean scenes from around the world. I am currently working on the figure and have been adding the figure to my landscapes as well as starting some portraits. I use primarily Rembrant oils by Royal talens and find their rich pigments allow for the full range of color and values I need.
A World of Inspiration
I have been fortunate to have traveled half the globe admiring art museums and works and have been mainly influenced and drawn to traditional representational and Impressionist fine art. I admire the drawing skills, layers of slightly varied values and lively colors in Sargent and Sorollas works, the value tones and brush stokes of Edgar Payne, the simplicity in the drawings and strokes of Manet and Degas, the colors and overall harmony of Monet and Van Gogh, and the subjects of the Impressionist / Belle Epoque times, as well as to day, agreeing that beauty that can be found outdoors and in simple things.
I feel my French heritage plays a large roll in the inspiration of my works, mainly in subject. I admired my French grandfather François Ricaud very much. He taught me at a young age, the language, culture, art and the importance of living "La Vie en Rose" and often recounted stories of summers he spent in Provence, things he did, and described the scenes I now visit today and capture on my canvas. Much of my passion for my art stems from that French family, French history and from general art history, which I later studied, along with business, graphics, and French Literature. In addition, I grew up the daughter to a fashion designer/antique dealer to the stars in the art community of Laguna Beach and was painting on silk and selling creations at age 8. Ive been passionate about art all my life, but only in the recent years have I been able to dedicate myself to it as my main career.
LINK TO WORKS BY VANESSA ROTHE
Vanessa Rothe is proud to be sponsored by Rembrant, ROYAL TALENS, RAYMAR fine art canvas and linen panels and CERNO revelite.
Creating a Lasting Impression
My art education is both from classical training in art school as well as internships from professional painters, and often working on location. I feel very lucky to have successful artist friends who have taught me as they recognized my passion for art and willingness to work hard at it. Both avenues have helped mold my style, which is a mix of traditional realism along with painterly impressionism.
I enjoy the subtle changes in value and color within each subject I paint, such as in a field of fresh cut wheat, where there are at least four main shades of gold and adore mixing them and laying them down side by side to build the volume. Oil allows me to layer colors that are similar next to each other and even on top, allowing for some semi controlled mixing of the two colors to form a third that is often an accidental and beautiful. They are rich and allow me to create the contrast I enjoy seeing in nature. With oils I can give importance to an aspect of the scene I most want to convey by highlighting them with a thicker stroke, adding more light or higher contrast. I continue to paint in watercolors on location when I travel, finding much beauty in their transitions and flow. Sketches are always a great color study along with a photo.
With my history as a graphic designer, composition is also something of note to me and plays an important role in my works. For example how a mountain ridge is disrupted by a tree breaking the line. The graphic layout and simplicity of a silloette with a subtle atmospheric sky is pleasing to my eye as the subject is simple and stands out. Or a still life with negative and positive space and how that leads the eye.
My work is simply about capturing a moment, the way I saw it or experienced it, to try and bring a feeling to the viewer, be it of the subjects beauty itself, or of a human feeling. Whether it’s a golden wheat field where the wind blows and the tall reeds sway in the sunlight, an Italian Riviera port when the light brightens the side of multicolored boats, or the light on your face sitting under the shade of rows trees as the sun flickers between long purple shadows at the end of the day. Its about what I remember, saw, or felt as part of that moment. My works are also focused on fashion and interiors, influenced by my father who was a clothing designer to the musicisans and actors. Textures, fabric, interior design and colors have always been some of my favorite and interesting subjects. I have had the privilege to travel the world and see and experience many incredibly beautiful places and... If I can capture those times, those moments where I stood, and make a lasting impression on canvas with the richness of oils, then I’ve succeeded in sharing an amazing thing.
Production
Being in front of my subject, either while I paint, or taking a photo to create with later, is an important part of my work. Whether I make a small watercolor sketch of that moment or scene or take a series of photos of the subject, or set up a live model, its important to me to have experienced it first hand. My works are done in the studio and on location. If Im working on location they are completed within a few hours as Im usually trying to capture a time of day that changes quickly with nature and the sun as it moves changes the shadows. If Im completing a studio peice, I normally will have taken a photo and done a small oil, watercolor or pencil sketch of the scene with notes. Some works in the studio take only an hour or two plein air or painted alla prima, and some will take up to 10-20 hours to complete. I work on a primed canvas or linen, stretched or on Raymar panel. I prime my canvas’s with an additional mixed beige/brown color similar to that of old raw linen. I enjoy when it can be seen thru the works and creates a neutral base for the colors. My works vary in size from a small 8x10 to large 36x48". My subjects include California scenes, Provincial and Tuscan landscapes, Paris city scenes, Interiors, cafe scenes, the riviera with colorful ports and boats, still life's, some florals, and ocean scenes from around the world. I am currently working on the figure and have been adding the figure to my landscapes as well as starting some portraits. I use primarily Rembrant oils by Royal talens and find their rich pigments allow for the full range of color and values I need.
A World of Inspiration
I have been fortunate to have traveled half the globe admiring art museums and works and have been mainly influenced and drawn to traditional representational and Impressionist fine art. I admire the drawing skills, layers of slightly varied values and lively colors in Sargent and Sorollas works, the value tones and brush stokes of Edgar Payne, the simplicity in the drawings and strokes of Manet and Degas, the colors and overall harmony of Monet and Van Gogh, and the subjects of the Impressionist / Belle Epoque times, as well as to day, agreeing that beauty that can be found outdoors and in simple things.
I feel my French heritage plays a large roll in the inspiration of my works, mainly in subject. I admired my French grandfather François Ricaud very much. He taught me at a young age, the language, culture, art and the importance of living "La Vie en Rose" and often recounted stories of summers he spent in Provence, things he did, and described the scenes I now visit today and capture on my canvas. Much of my passion for my art stems from that French family, French history and from general art history, which I later studied, along with business, graphics, and French Literature. In addition, I grew up the daughter to a fashion designer/antique dealer to the stars in the art community of Laguna Beach and was painting on silk and selling creations at age 8. Ive been passionate about art all my life, but only in the recent years have I been able to dedicate myself to it as my main career.
LINK TO WORKS BY VANESSA ROTHE
Vanessa Rothe is proud to be sponsored by Rembrant, ROYAL TALENS, RAYMAR fine art canvas and linen panels and CERNO revelite.
Below: Live interview with Rothe on the business of Vanessa Rothe Fine Art and how her career got started- by Sentient Academy