Rosemary Duda holds a BA in Art History from the University at Buffalo, New York, and has taken numerous drawing and painting classes over several decades.  She is currently a member of  the James River Art League, and the Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, the Virginia Plain Air Painters, the Dynamic Creators, and has exhibited at various venues in the region.  She works in her studio in Ashland, Virginia, and engages in plein air and sketching groups in central Virginia. Rosemary's intent is to observe and interpret the nuances of nature through landscape, still life and figurative art forms.