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Rosa DeBerry King

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in Philadelphia, The United States

June 20

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Rosa DeBerry King, an artist, a photographer, and a writer is a graduate of Cornell University in History of Art and Spanish Literature, and of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

In addition to writing, her creative interests include classical drawing and painting of the human figure and equines. When she is not painting or writing in her studio, Rosa is usually in the barn. She enjoys horseback riding through the surrounding scenic trails that inspire her work. But wherever she is, her camera is within easy reach. Currently, Rosa is working on a collection of pictorial essays of the Virginia countryside.

She and her husband and their three children live in the heart of Virginia hunt country where they raise horses and cattle.

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