“I’ve been doing art since I could hold a pencil,” says stained-glass artist Andrea Jackman Rosborough (BFA ’94). She revels in creation, just as does her mother, Carol Dunford Jackman (BA ’55), who is a painter and sculptor. Rosborough focused on printmaking—mostly lithography—at BYU, took up watercolors afterward, and later turned to stained glass when her 9-year-old said she wanted to learn. “Painting was some work for me,” says the art grad, “but stained glass was playtime, a
release from stress.”
Having completed most of the requirements for an environmental biology degree, and always in awe of the natural world, Rosborough often turns to bugs and birds for inspiration. “Butterflies are a symbol of transformation,” she says. “A homely caterpillar builds a chrysalis, completely dissolves itself, and then becomes a beautiful butterfly. That’s such a metaphor for life. Change and trials are hard, and we’re constantly having to reinvent ourselves and push our limits and hopefully become what God wants us to become.”
