Roseta Santiago

My name is Roseta Santiago. I live and paint every day in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

In Asian philosophy there is a process of becoming “new.” This intellectual sensation has been my best ally. While attempting to write about myself here, I find that I have walked many new paths, while always being optimistic of the results. On some of those paths, I managed an employment agency in Washington DC, designed and sold signage and exhibits, started a graphics design company that led to theme restaurant advertising, an advertising and promotion agency and a design/ build career. After that I was recruited to paint life size wildlife murals for 23 Bass Pro stores in 16 states. This earned me the name Paintslinger in New Mexico. Today I realize that these experiences played a major role in this, my final painting “career.”

I was born and raised in the Washington DC area, the eldest among my five siblings. My father was a chef on the aircraft carrier USS Missouri and at the Blair House for Harry...