Bio

Rolfe studied at The Academy of Art University in San Francisco, Parsons School of Design in New York and Le Atelier D’ Etampe in Paris. She executed many commissioned pieces for corporations in the 90’s, particularly in New York City, Southern California and the Southwest.

She has been featured in many solo exhibitions nationally and has won numerous first place awards. Rolfe’s work is in the collections of the Bank of Scotland, Merrill Lynch, American Stock Exchange, Dean Witter Reynolds, C.S. Heinze Foundation, Farm Bureau Financial Services as well as the Museum collection of Iowa State University.

Rolfe is also curator and PR director for Voices Productions, an organization that produces creative events for artists as well as establishing an ongoing program that produced 35 national and international Murals in the midwest. Currently Voices Productions purchased a building for exhibition space, artist residencies and Art Events.

Statement

Jungian dream imagery, spiritual psychology, and historical aesthetics of the Catholic tradition are the major forces behind my paintings. The sense of antiquity along with a luminescent painterly effect lends a Baroque feel to the execution. My depiction of figures, animals, and landscape are reminiscent of the sacred metaphor within religious paintings combined with chaotic dreamscapes. The new series with symbols of Ladders and Balloons depict our many attempts to ascend our heavy laden existence to no avail until we realize like Dorothy that ‘There’s no place like home’ our true journey within.