Ross Grams will return to the Harlow Gallery to present an ArtTalk on his work on Thursday, September 12 at 7pm.
"Two Worlds of Home" will showcase Ross's two bodies of work: traditional landscapes and realist fantasy paintings. The landscapes, which all depict views of the family farm in Vienna, ME, serve as exercises in light, color, perspective, composition, etc, which Ross uses as reference to create another, wholly imaginary, but still believable scene. In addition to a score of roughly paired, finished, oil paintings, the show will give you a look inside Ross's working process, with initial sketches, painted studies, and full-sized preparatory drawings.
Ross Grams was born and raised in Pennsylvania until 2007, when his family commandeered a small organic farm in Vienna, Maine. He studied classical drawing, design, and color theory at the Barnstone Studios in Coplay, PA for six years, and received a BFA in painting from Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. He works part-time on the farm and makes art in his converted milk-house/studio, only venturing off the property every fortnight or so to buy art materials and socks.
"Two Worlds of Home" is being sponsored by Dick Davies and Susan MacPherson of Hallowell and by Hallowell realtor Perry McCourtney. The Harlow Gallery 2012 exhibition season has been made possible by our season sponsors, The Bank of Maine, Dead River Company, the City of Hallowell and Kennebec Savings Bank.
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