Retrospective
Looking back,many of the earlier FLORAGE marker drawings draw inspiration
from Flora Rosefsky's family, friends and her community. What began in the
1970s as personalized "Highlights of a Life" drawings for her children,
Rosefsky's fok art work grew to include the creation of "calendars" to
mark the highlights of a particular organizaion, institution or for Jewish
life-cycle event sand holidays. Working from many photographs and memorabila
as reference materials, Rosefsky sketches out the FLORAGE in pencil before
applying marker pens and color pencils.
Rosefsky's first large community quilt that she designed, "Threads of
Tradition", was completed in 1989 for the Jewish Community Center of
Binghamton, NY and became the model for more community based quilt projects
in the Atlanta area.
Her works on paper can be made into unique and personalized invitation, posters and notecards. See licensing information.
About the word "FLORAGE": Thank you to Shalom Staiman, who when living in Binghamton, NY, called Rosefsky's charming drawings a "FLORAGE". The artist registered the name as a trademark for her original artwork.
All Artwork is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without permission.
FLORAGE ® is a registered trademark for artwork executed by Flora
Rosefsky.