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 was named the New Hampshire Environmental Educator of the Year in the non-traditional category in 2005, and received 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. This year, Rosemary was honored to be juried into her first national wildlife art show, “Art of the Animal Kingdom” by acclaimed wildlife artist, John Seerey-Lester.

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. The Sharon Arts Gallery in Peterborough, NH juried her into their member gallery in May 2007. She is now also represented by Art3 Gallery in Manchester, NH and the Lincoln Art Gallery in Lincoln, NH.