Rozanne Hawksley, was born in Portsmouth in 1931 and now lives and works at her home in Newport, Pembrokeshire. She studied at Southern College of Art, Portsmouth, The Royal College of Art and Goldsmiths College, London. Her work is held in public and private collections, including the Imperial War Museum. After teaching in London she moved to Wales in 1987. She has had many exhibitions and awards and is a member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and 62 Group of Textile Artists.
Her work lies between the ornate and obscure dealing with the themes of isolation and the individuals state due to Sickness, War and the misuse of Power. Death is often used as a significant symbolism reflecting the Darker Mysteries including those of early Catholic Spain.