Art Julia Ross. Design: Jeremy Thornton
JULIA ROSS – Recent Works
May 4 to June 15, 2021
The last 10 months have been the most creative time in my life. The dive into oil painting after a lifetime of watercolors was pivotal. Whether it’s the aging process, recent social strife or the trials of the last few years, it coalesced in an immense outpouring of work from deep within me.
This selection of recent works documents the path I’ve been on…
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LOCAL COLOR
Red Wednesday, September wildfires 2020, watercolor on paper, 9 x 12”, SOLD
Mt Tamalpais from Almonte, oil on box panel, 17 x 17”, $500
Fall afternoon on Throckmorton Ave, oil on canvas, 30 x 24”, $1200
Thin moon setting over Mt Tamalpais from Hauje Park, oil on canvas, 24 x 36”, NFS
Blue Moon, October evening, oil on canvas, 30 x 20”, framed $2200
Drake’s beach, oil on canvas, 24 x 36”, $800
MOTHER NATURE
Decisions made while walking, oil on canvas, 30 x 24”
Wisteria visitor, oil on canvas, 40 x 30”, SOLD
Reeds, Taiwan, oil on canvas, framed, 24 x 30”, $1150
ABSTRACTIONS
Soon to be Spring, oil on canvas, 30 x 40”, $1200
Hand lines #1 or The Pond, oil on canvas, 32 x 40” framed, $3000
Lotus petals, oil on canvas, 40 x 30”, $900
Black Mountain from Bolinas Ridge, oil on canvas, 22 x 28”, $450
Above and below, oil on canvas, 20 x 24” framed, $750
Winter jazz, oil on canvas, 30 x 40”, framed, $2400
Tango, oil on canvas, 12 x 16”, $650
Watching over you, oil on canvas, 20 x 24”, framed, $1200
SOCIAL RESPONSE
140 Names and counting, BLM, watercolor on paper, 45 x 58”, $1000
Troubled Waters, mixed media, 40 x 30”, George Floyd on cotton, courtesy of Jenny Sperry. $1800
Expired, oil on canvas, 20 x 24”, $800
Be It, See It – Inauguration Day 2021, oil on canvas, 40 x 30”, $1100
BIOGRAPHY
Born and raised in Sausalito, I’ve been an artist since I began drawing as a small child. I pursued my art through college and beyond. I spent 10 years in New York City and then returned to Marin County in 1989 settling in Novato.
I’ve been on the Board of directors at MarinMOCA for many years and found the O’hanlon Center by lucky happenstance. I’ve been coming to O’Hanlon for the last 5 or 6 years during the artist retreats and have found it to be a creative haven.
Due to Covid, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts closed its galleries but decided to rent out the O’Hanlon Gallery. This glorious space became my studio. I put away my watercolors, pulled out my oils and got to work.
It’s been a time of artistic meditation and a big slice of heaven.
Art © 2021 Julia Ross