SELECTED PUBLICATIONS  

 

Rosie Sandifer, The Language of Art, Fresco Fine Art Publications – 2007

 

New Mexico Millennium Collection – Laichas, Fowler, Stem – 2001

 

Who’s Who of American Women – 21st Edition – Paul Canning

 

Marquis Who’s Who -2001 Who’s Who in the World – 17th Edition – Dawn Melley 

 

Marquis Who’s Who – 2000  Who’s Who in the Midwest 26th Edition - Fred M. Marks

 

Outdoor Sculpture in Texas – Carol M. Little – University of Texas Press -1996

 

Masters of American Sculpture – Donald M. Reynolds – Abbeville Press – 1993

 

Great American Artists – Cincinnati Art Museum – 1997-2005

 

National Sculpture Society publications - 1982-2005

 

 

SELECTED ARTICLES 

 

“Sculptor Profile: Rosie Sandifer”, National Sculpture Society, News Bulletin – March/April 2002

 

“Realistic Impressions”, The News-Gazette – Champaign, IL - January 6, ‘02

 

“Frozen In Time”, Herald-Journal – Spartanburg, SC – April 10. ‘02

 

“150 People”, The News-Gazette – Champaign, IL – February 23, ‘02

 

“Terminal Velocity” January ’99; “Sculpting Future Art” January ’99;

 

“No Favorites” February ’99; “Creating a Lifelong Reader”, April ‘99’;

 The News-Gazette – Champaign, IL

 

“Brookgreen Returns to Festival”, The Post and Courier – Pawley’s Island, SC – Sept. ‘98

 

Art Revue Magazine – Summer Issue ‘93

 

Southwest Art Magazine – November ‘91

 

“Building Roughneck”, The Scene – Ft. Collins, CO – August ‘90

 

“Family Drawing & Sculpting”, Lubbock Avalanche Journal – Lubbock, TX ’77, ‘79

 

 

 

 

Rosie Sandifer makes heroes out of the regular working person. No job or activity is too small for her to sketch, sculpt and reproduce to monumental size. Her sculptures highlight the nobility of the common man and woman as they go about their daily lives. Sandifer’s portfolio of subjects includes office workers, oilrig drillers, construction workers, working mothers, working fathers and plenty of children. No one fancy, simply the salt of the earth. And why does she choose these people as her subjects instead of historical or celebrated figures? “I am always attracted to people in everyday life and the human form. Walking down the street is always a revelation and an inspiration, and I see about a dozen scenes I would like to sketch and cast in bronze.”  

And speaking to Sandifer, you know immediately that she is just as much the salt of the earth as the people she sculpts. And she knows hard work, too. She is not only a talented sculptor, but a gifted painter as well. She was married and the mother of two before she began her career in sculpture. Sandifer is aware of the difficulty in balancing a family life and a working life, and it’s that sensitivity and knowledge she brings to her portraits.
(Excerpt from National Sculpture Society News Bulletin – March/April 2002)

Determination and dedication have helped this human puzzle come together in an irresistible picture. A fiery, effervescent woman of art who has succeeded in her right livelihood, Sandifer continues to draw on the pieces of her life for strength and inspiration. She brings magic and mystery to her viewers.
(Excerpt from Art Revue Magazine, Summer 1993, by Mary Herrick)