Recognised by his contemporaries and clients, particularly in America, as a master of the treatment of light, Paul manages to convey an atmosphere and intensity of the bush that constantly eludes the most persistent of photographers. Some might consider wildlife realism a field over-recorded by photography, but, as an article on Paul Rose notes, "missing from film is the stillness of the bush, the silence that is almost palpable, the drowsy midday somnolence of animals in the wild....and the vague but ever-present sense of menace in the air" (South African Panorama).

Parallels have even been drawn between his work and that of some of the Old Masters and Impressionists. After all, one knows one is dealing with rare ability when one can smell the dust in the air, feel the heat beating down, as a buffalo rests in the shade of a lone acacia.

Dr John Hanks, Chief Executive of the South African Foundation, says of the artist's work: "The atmospheric richness and almost lifelike realism of the works of Paul Rose reveal his intimate knowledge and innate love of the African bush and the wildlife of Southern Africa"; while Dr Ian Player, one of the world's leading conservationists, considers Paul "a prophet of his own country".