JOAN STUART ROSS
Joan Stuart Ross’s work is inspired by imagery of growth and generation. Her explorations and inventions of color relationships, their juxtapositions and dynamic arrangements, are all intrinsic to her work. The crux of her art’s search for life force, energy, and meaning is to engage color as value and depth.
The vigorous forms in Joan’s paintings, prints, and drawings are inspired by kinetic natural shapes such as the poplar tree, the hydrangea blossom, and the oyster shell. As Joan layers color and mark, pictorial forms, rhythm, repetition, and diversion lead her to reveal the luminous spirit of things.
Education:
University of Washington, Seattle, WA:
Graduate Study: Education, Creative Writing
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA:
Master of Arts, Masters of Fine Arts
Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
Connecticut College, New London, CT:
Bachelor of Arts
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Massachusetts College of Art&Design, Boston
Artists Studied Under:
Keith Achepohl
Josef Albers
Marguerite Hanson
Mauricio Lasansky
Richard B. Lukosius
William Ashby McCloy
Virginia Myers
Nathan Oliveira
Gabor Peterdi
Jack Tworkov
Museum Collections:
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR
Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
National Museum of Women in the Arts, D.C.
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Tacoma Art Musem, Tacoma, WA
Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, WA
Collections:
Alexis Hotel
Bank of America
Bank of California
Bellingham Technical College
Capital One
City of Seattle
Davis, Wright, Tremaine
Edmonds Community College
Eisenhower, Carlson, Newlands, Foster, Pepper
Harborview Medical Center
Harris/Abramowitz
IBM
Island Hospital
Junior League of Seattle
King County Arts Commission
Madison Hotel
NBC
North Seattle College
Oregon State Printing Plant
Paul Allen Collection
Pan Pacific Hotel
Pierce County District Court
Portland State Office Building
Sheraton Hotels
Skagit Valley College
State of Washington
Swedish Orthopedic Institute
US West
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Washington, Suzzallo Library
Western Washington University
Willamette University
Body of Work:
1973-80: Paintings from Nature (available)
1973-80: Poplars by the Ship Canal (available)
1977-current: Monotype/collage (available)
1981-83: Silver Fox (available)
1981-88: Play Within a Play (available)
1981-88: Gray's Brain (available)
1981-88: Jungle Fruits (available)
1993-00: Work from Rome (sold out)
2000-current: "Text" Paintings (available)
2012-current: Layered Grids (available)
2016-current: Encaustic Collage (available)
2017-current: Oyster Portraits (available)
2018-current: Evolution & Prescience (available)
2019-current: Smoke Tree (available)
2020-current: Crossword Drawings (available)