ABOUT
This all started as a little creative outlet
I didn’t start to draw until my mid twenties. In fact, if you told my family I would be a full time artist they would have laughed at you! Infamously, I was so bad at art in college I was forbidden to continue it past Year 11. I couldn’t even draw stick figures. The day I fell in love with fashion illustration, I was myself in my university’s bookstore trying to find an escape from going through a divorce. There on the shelf was a book on fashion illustrators. I felt like time stood still. The book (and a cheap sketching set) came home with me.
It would take me another 5 years to actually share my work, but since then I have created art for walls around the world, taught lessons internationally, and been privileged to collaborate with some truly amazing brands both locally in New Zealand and world wide.
When I'm not illustrating you can find me rollerskating, or at the beach with my family and two crazy jack russell x pups Buster and Fifi.
Work with me
You can find my illustrations on art prints, home decor items, packaging, apparel, and more. I partner with a variety of brands that transform my artworks into best-selling products (so yes – you can even have your favorite Stacey Rose artwork made into luxe pajamas.) My work has been featured with brands like The Hilton, Miller Road Fragrances, Karen Murrell Lipsticks, Greg Holland Jewellery, The Luxury Network and more.
I am live in and run my studio from small coastal town in Auckland, New Zealand but grew up in Dubai and travelled to or lived in more than 17 countries before I turned 19. My artwork is directly inspired my travels and my love of fashion and could be summed up as “chic people doing chic things in chic places”. My work is known for its blend of hand drawn linework with digital watercolor in my signature whimsical style.
