Apotropaia

2009-10-29T22:16:00.003-04:00

Walking the Parallels to Terminus (Weird Fishes)
Sumi ink and graphite on Shiramine paper, 50 x 18", 2009
Contact ADA Gallery...

2009-08-05T16:03:00.009-04:00

New Work!

Above: Self-portrait #3, 2009, H. 50" x 20" Ink and graphite on Shiramine paper

Above: Detail of Self-portrait #3

Above: Detail of Self-portrait #3

Above: Self-portrait #2, H. 50" by 20", Ink and graphite on Shiramine paper

Above: Self-portrait #1, 2009, Ink on Shiramine paper, 45" x 18"
Above: Slippery Slope, 2009, Ink on Yupo paper, H. 11" x 8"
Above: Introverted Unicursal Labyrinth, 2009, Ink and graphite on Yupo paper, 11" x 8"
ADA Gallery

2008-11-25T10:17:00.002-05:00

Unicursal Labyrinth #5, 2008
Fiona Ross
Ink and Graphite on Yupo paper, 40 x 25"
ADA Gallery

2008-11-25T10:13:00.001-05:00

Untitled, 2008, Fiona Ross
Ink and Graphite on Yupo paper, 40 x 25"
ADA Gallery

2008-07-25T12:04:00.006-04:00

Just got the images from The Thread in the Labyrinth show that is still running at the Anderson Gallery in RVA, through August 2nd, 2008. Rob Matthew's Knoxville Girl and Not Just Another Pretty Face portrait show will also be open til then, so stop by and see before it all gets painted over...

Thanks to Travis Fullerton for the images!

2008-07-01T10:52:00.003-04:00

VCU's Tom Gresham has written a good piece online about the work that Rob Matthews and I did for our solo shows at the Anderson Gallery this summer. Rob's show Knoxville Girl is stunning, be sure to check out the slide show for close ups of his wizardry...

2008-06-27T16:44:00.010-04:00

My show at ADA will run through July 20th, 2008. I just got some images and installation shots back, for your delectation. These are all ink and acrylic on gesso'd panels, 36 x 24". Most of the works in this show are unicursal drawings.

UPDATE: July 1: And there will be a second opening on July 4th at ADA - it will be great fun, in the ADA tradition!

Contact John at ADA if you need more information...

Big thanks to Travis Fullerton for the photography!

2008-06-13T09:09:00.002-04:00

Suzanna Fields placed third in the Bethesda Painting Awards - if you click on her name you will see her stupendous piece Orange Crush and Michael O'Sullivan of the Washington Post's interview with her. Congratulations Ms Fields!

2008-06-12T08:08:00.004-04:00

Sneak peek of the new drawing at Anderson Gallery in RVA -
opening reception on June 20th, 2008 from 7-9pm...

2008-06-07T20:27:00.006-04:00

You are invited!

I have a pair of solo shows in Richmond this month, so if you will be in town please come and visit.

The first will be a collection of new drawings and paintings at the fabulous ADA Gallery, with an opening reception Saturday, June 14th from 5-9pm.

Then, June 2oth will be the opening reception from 7-9pm for my show "The Thread in the Labyrinth" at Virginia Commonwealth University's Anderson Gallery. There will be a suite of works on paper, as well as a site-specific drawing/painting on the wall for this show.

And take a look at ADA's booth at Scope:Basel...

And after all this hubbub, there will be a nap. A wonderful nap...

2008-05-08T09:28:00.002-04:00

Sneak Peek Detail

A small detail of a large, very green (Emerald City green!) painting.
This will be in the ADA show that opens on June 14th, 2008...

Big thanks to Taylor Dabney for all the photography.

2008-04-30T08:48:00.002-04:00

Sorry there's been no post for a while - I've been so clobbered with end of the year school stuff, plus three shows in the next 6 weeks...deliciously busy...send cookies.

News: I have twin solo shows in Richmond, VA, starting on June 13th at ADA Gallery and on June 20th at VCU's Anderson Gallery. The Anderson Gallery show will feature something new for me, a site integrated drawing in gallery one, as well as a suite of drawings. It will run from June through August.

Also, (very exciting) a brand new group of drawings will be going to the ADA Gallery booth at Scope:Basel in late May. I will post on them as soon as I get them shot. Stay tuned.

Now for a swim, then back to the old drawing board.

2008-03-21T22:03:00.003-04:00

The grooves and lines on Ganymede...

2008-03-03T09:27:00.008-05:00

Scope NYC is coming up at the end of March and ADA Gallery will be there!
If you are going to the art fairs be sure to come and see. Morgan Herrin's amazing new sculpture will be there , as will many more Richmond (and beyond) artists. I will have new ink drawings there too...

2008-02-26T09:30:00.003-05:00

I got a Mac! Wow, I love it...I have been working away on a new website - check it out here.

Today I need to figure out today how to link it to my www.fionaross.net address.

Wish me luck. Can't remember any of my passwords, so it should be a delight.

Also, yesterday Lawrence Weschler (New Yorker writer, author of Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonders, and lots more) spoke at VCU. Just wonderful to hear him speak and think...

Above is one of the small drawings at Quirk (that show in the Vault closes on March 1). It's called Unicursal Accusative Drawing with Avoidances, micron pen on 10 x 8" gessoed board.

2008-01-29T17:28:00.002-05:00

Unicursal Reveries
at
Quirk Gallery's Vault

New Small Ink Drawings and Paintings by Fiona Ross
Opens Friday, February 1, 2008
Quirk Gallery
311 W. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23220
804-644-6450

2008-01-11T09:49:00.001-05:00

C o m m i t t e d

Works by Dawn Gavin, Stephanie Booth and Fiona Ross
Opening reception tonight from 6-8pm.
at
Fraser Gallery,
7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E
Bethesda, MD
301-718-9651

Image above is a detail from Unicursal Reverie #2,
Sumi ink on binsen-shi paper, 37 x 25", 2007.
Click for e n l a r g e m e n t.

2008-01-05T09:25:00.000-05:00

I'm taking a break from packing up the car for a trip to Bethesda, MD. Today is the installation day for Fraser Gallery's first show of 2008, Committed. Dawn Gavin, Stephanie Booth and I will show work that "explores the obsessive nature of creativity". Come and see us at the opening reception on Friday, January 11 from 6-9pm. The show will run from 1/11/08 - 2/2/08.

2007-12-18T20:14:00.000-05:00

ADA Gallery
228 West Broad St, Richmond, VA, 23220, 804-644-0100

presents

Salon Selectives II: Group Show
Opening 12/18/o7 through January 2008

Featuring
Melissa Oresky, Dominic Lombardi, Yuliya Lanina, Ryan Brennan, Chatham Monk, Randy Hess, Rob Lee, Bruce Wilhelm, Andy Kozlowski, Stephen Hendee, Daniel Davidson, Jeffrey Majer, Scott Philips, Kirsten Kindler, Roberly Bell, Fiona Ross and WAY MORE!!!!

2007-11-28T09:48:00.000-05:00

Upcoming Shows, 2008

Fraser Gallery Committed, January 11 - February 2, 2008.
Stephanie Booth, Dawn Gavin and I will show new work "that explores the obsessive nature of creativity". Yes, indeed. Fraser Gallery is in Bethesda, Maryland, at 7700 Wisconsin Avenue.

Quirk Gallery February 1 - March 1, 2008
Unicursal Reveries, a solo show of paintings in the gallery's Vault. Quirk is at 311 W. Broad Street in Richmond, VA.

ADA Gallery
Freshly scheduled for May 2008, am working on a title.

2007-11-24T17:28:00.000-05:00

Scope Miami - 2007!

I've finished a series of ink drawings that will be displayed at ADA Gallery's booth at the Scope Miami Art fair.

Accusative Unicursal Labyrinths, #2-5,
Sumi ink on gessoed board
11 x 14", 2007

And another thank you to Martin for including me in Art Basel: Stuffy's last year.
Richmond is just not the same without Martin stirring things up.

2007-11-16T09:14:00.001-05:00

Tonight!

From 7-9 tonight is the opening of Side Streets at Glave Kocen Gallery.

Also, go see Rob Tarbell's new ceramic madness at ADA Gallery's opening tonight, and

the Strictly Drawing Show at Main Art Gallery, continuing until November 30th.

Above image is Fan Meander, walnut ink on binsen-shi paper, 20" x 20" - you can see it at Glave Kocen tonight...

2007-10-14T10:42:00.000-04:00

Sparkling Fresh Art will be at the Grant Gallery, 9 Mercer Street, NYC on Saturday, November 3, 2007, from 5:30 - 9pm, so come by for the fun party and show/auction that night if you are in the city.

Also I'll have another sparkling fresh piece for Main Art Gallery's Strictly Drawing II show that runs from November 2 - 30th, with a reception on Friday, November 2nd, so if you are in Richmond, VA please come!

And in family news, my cousins Olive Rice (with the mug of tea, sister Colette is beside her) and Terence Smith (at Twichenham Rugby Stadium in London) will be in NY and DC respectively, so be on the lookout for some extremely good looking Irish people!

2007-09-28T11:25:00.001-04:00

Some news and upcoming shows:

In the news:
Katherine Calos, of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, wrote an article called Creative Survival in the 9/23/07 issue, featuring Kimberly Frost, Louis Poole, Jamie Pocklington and me. The four of us had work included in the 2007 Mid-Atlantic edition of New American Paintings, and Calos interviewed us about what it's like for us to live and work in Richmond.

Upcoming shows:
Sparkling Fresh Art, in NYC - Date and venue are TBA, but this will be in early
November,
and

Side Streets at Glave Kocen Gallery, RVA, from 11/16 - 12/22.

Sorry no new images to post - I'm making more.
The past month I have been applying for grants, which, as you all know, takes F.O.R.E.V.E.R. Fingers crossed...

2007-09-11T17:09:00.000-04:00

You are invited to H&F Fine Arts in Mt. Rainier, Maryland this Saturday, September 15th to see my show, a line is a thing that moves in time.

Ink paintings, drawings and ceramic sculpture are in the show - see J.T. Kirkland's blog Thinking About Art for a very cool slide show of the installation, posted today!

The gallery is very close to the DC metro area, so if you are up that direction come on by, between 4 and 7pm.

Thanks to J.T, Cheryl, Stacey and Anca for all their help installing the show, big thanks.