SELECTED WORKS

We are happy to be able to hold over several paintings by artist, writer and historian, Thom Ross as he interprets the writing of Herman Melville's novel, Moby-Dick.

We all know the work of Thom Ross and his stories of history, especially of the Wild-West, but there is a lot more to Ross and his love of history than just cowboys.

Time and history will show that Thom Ross is one of the most important historical artists of our time and his paintings will be a reminder of that for many years to come.

For 30 year we have exhibited the works of Thom Ross and have been proud to be associated with such an important artist, historian and friend.

Thom Ross Lamy, NM

Born in San Francisco in 1952, Thom Ross has had a lifelong interest in American History and the "folk hero" who is a product of that history and has long been the motivating force behind his work. His emphasis however is focused on the historical "folk hero" as compared to the mythical "folk hero". (An example of the historical folk hero would be Jesse James; a mythical folk hero would be Paul Bunyan; one actually existed while the other is a product of tall tales.)

His desire is to produce a work of art that requires the viewer to re-examine either what he knows about history, or what he thinks he knows about history. Ross has done paintings of Indians playing croquet; Indians playing ping pong; A camel walking through the deserts of Arizona with a human skeleton strapped to his back; An outlaw member of Butch Cassidy's "Wild Bunch" gang in the quick draw stance of the gunfighter where his opponent is a skunk; General Custer standing next to his pet pelican; and each of these images is based on an actual incident! By presenting such startling images, which are based in fact, it causes a unique reaction in the viewer.

His other objective in re-working so much of our past history into his work is his deep desire to "update" with bright colors, abstract forms and a contemporary style of painting of figures and events from a dim and often misunderstood past.

Please Join us for an exciting two month exhibit of Paintings by artist, writer and historian, Thom Ross as he interprets the writing of Herman Melville's novel, Moby-Dick.

We all know the work of Thom Ross and his stories of history, especially of the Wild-West, but there is a lot more to Ross and his love of history than just cowboys.

Time and history will show that Thom Ross is one of the most important historical artists of our time and his paintings will be a reminder of that for many years to come.