People In Your Neighborhood: Amy Ross

I like everything about Amy Ross' art- the use of lines, the color palette- sometimes almost painfully light and elusive, other-times definitive and assured- the names of her pieces which use words that I love and which come together so satisfyingly falcon, shroom, titmouse ( in the same wonderful way that Beatrix Potter's works evoked magic ) and the unabashed fascination with detail detail detail! Alongside a true vision and obsession ( read her statement below ) which gives her work continuity and intellect alongside it's obvious magic. I would love to own any and all pieces! Her work is exactly what I would want to be doing if I were talented in this way. * Go here to see more...

Artist's Statement

" I am interested in the idea of artist as mad scientist. My drawings offer visual hypotheses to the question: what would happen if the DNA sequence of a plant or mushroom were spliced with that of an animal? Using graphite, watercolor, and walnut ink on paper as well as directly on gallery walls in site-specific installations, I portray animals morphed with branches, mushrooms, berries, and blossoms, thus forming implausible hybrid creatures. These images subvert the traditional genre of botanical illustration by approaching the close study of the natural world through the lens of genetic engineering and mutation gone awry. "

Woodpeckershrooms With Falcons

Woodpeckershrooms

Snake Charmers

Rabbit Magnolia

Goat Magnolia

Brother Wolf 4

Kuwati Den

Brother Wolf

Brother Wolf ( he is my favorite Wolf, for his expression, so fascinatingly human )