Figures

"Though extremely personal in terms of technique and approach to the pastel medium, the images are relatively impersonal in their approach to the body. Figures are not characterized as individual personalities-- in fact, like Degas's 'Bathers' their features are often concealed... There is a haunting resemblance to classical relief fragments in many of Rosen's compositions. Relatively small in scale, these pastels are nevertheless monumental in effect." Edward Lucie-Smith, catalog essay for DIANE ROSEN: Accidental Selves.

"Diane Rosen's dynamically cropped compositions lend the figures a sculptural monumentality." J. Sanders Eaton, Gallery&Studio.