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Thom Ross - New Paintings
Thom Ross "Invitation to a Pow-Wow" New Paintings
Thom Ross
March 12 - April 6
6:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m.

     Prelude to an Installation:

Thom Ross is currently working 24/7 on his next monumental installation. This new outdoor installation will consist of 120 life sized painted sculptures placed in the sand at the Pacific Ocean depicting a 1902 photograph of Buffalo Bill Cody's "Indians on the Beach". The location is just below the Cliff House in San Francisco.

Many of you may remember this artist's 200 life sized sculptures he created 3 years ago based on the battle of the Little Big Horn and positioned on the battlefield in Montana. Press and public viewing was limited in the sparsely populated area of the National Park, but this new project is surely to draw not only regional crowds, but national attention to Ross and his passion for portraying the Wild West. Look for this project to take place the first week in September 2008.

Ross has recently and for the second year in a row, been named by True West Magazine as the best living contemporary western painter in the country.

For "Invitation to a Pow-Wow", Ross has transferred some of the techniques he has been using on his large plywood figures to the canvas, thus creating a mixed-media appearance to his work. Construction and adornment reach past the canvas with unusual edges, sparkles and wispy feathers.  

"Hoka Hey!  It will be a great night for an opening!"

("Hoka hey" was a proud Lakota war cry, appearing most frequently as: "Hoka Hey! It is a good day to die!")
                
Indians on the Beach
36 x 58 Inches  Acrylic on Canvas
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Flying Raven
12 x 12 Inches  Acrylic on Canvas
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Midnight Billy
48 x 48 Inches  Acrylic on Canvas
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Pow Wow Dancer Cut-Out
44 x 27 Inches  Mixed Media on Board
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Indian with Medallion
30 x 40 Inches  Mixed Media on Canvas
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War Club
72 x 48 Inches  Mixed Media on Canvas
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Stars of New Mexico
36 x 48 Inches  Mixed Media on Canvas
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Indian with a fancy vest
40 x 30 Inches  Mixed Media on Canvas
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Feather Fan
40 x 30 Inches  Mixed Media on Canvas
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Pow Wow Dancers III
30 x 40 Inches  Mixed Media on Canvas
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End of Their Shortest Day
30 x 40 Inches  Acrylic on Canvas
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Snow Flurries (c)
52 x 30 Inches  Acrylic on Canvas
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