Rosemary
Conroy is a wildlife painter, freelance-writer and naturalist living on a small
farm and wild bird sanctuary in Weare, NH. While gaining acclaim as a professional
artist, Rosemary is also well known for her work as co-host and writer for New
Hampshire Public Radio’s weekly “Something Wild” nature spots.
Rosemary’s recent awards include being named the New Hampshire Environmental
Educator of the Year in the non-traditional category in 2005, and receiving
Antioch New England University’s very first Environmental Excellence Alumni
Award in 2004. In 2006, the N.H. State Council on the Arts awarded her one of
their first Artist Opportunity Grants from. In 2007, Rosemary received her first
national recognition from the Artist’s Magazine with an honorable mention
in their first All Media Online competition — one of 16 awards given from
more than 1,000 entries. She also received an Artist Entrepreneurial Grant from
the N.H. State Council on the Arts in June 2007
Primarily a self-taught artist, Rosemary is a juried member of the N.H. Art
Association, the N.H. Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for the Arts, and
the Oil Painters of America, as well as a member of East Colony Fine Art, an
artist-run gallery in Manchester, NH. The Sharon Arts Gallery in Peterborough,
NH juried her into their member gallery in May 2007.