Ross Sheehan
The Rise. 2022, Oil based monotype over acrylic on off-white paper. (10.25 x 8.5 in.)
Lagoon. 2022, Oil based monotype over acrylic on tan paper. (9.75 x 8 in.)
Cow Burial Ground. 2021, Monotype. (5.25 x 5.50 in.)
Cliffside. 2021, Monotype on tan paper. (8.50 x 8.50 in.)
Knoll. 2022, Oil based monotype over acrylic. (5.50 x 5.75 in.)
Nonconfrontational Escarpment. 2022, Monotype. (6.75 x 10 in.)
Hidden Valley Gorge. (MP 7/10), 2024, Oil based linoleum print over monoprinting and hand stenciling. (5 x 8 in.)
The Slide. 2022, Oil based monotype over acrylic. (10.25 x 7.25 in.)
Valley Eyes. 2022, Monotype with watercolor hand coloring. (4 x 6 in.)
Ghostscarp. 2021, Monotype. (10 x 7 in.)
My studio work is deeply influenced by implementing everyday walking practices and various methods of outdoor exploration. As I document real landscapes and places through photography, drawing, and note taking, I gravitate towards geographies and landforms that exude certain types of mysterious energies. The locations that I explore contain real layers of truth and natural histories in the strata, however, for me, these environmental layers also hold the spirits, the dreams, and an otherworldliness that is sensed but not immediately seen.
From these explorations and documentations of place, I create drawings, paintings, and prints as an attempt to capture and combine real and surreal situations. I am interested in ways to summon the marvelous from a landscape…to pull it out from the ground below. I merge imagery found at real locations and places with my own personal memories, constructed visions, imagined dream scapes, and experiences of déjà vu. I want my work to seem inviting and familiar, but at the same time, unnerving and questionable. To be believable and unbelievable at the same time.
Ross Sheehan is an artist, illustrator, and educator investigating themes of psychogeography and the exploration of uncanny spaces and places. He was born in Middlebury, Vermont in 1978 and lives and works in Aptos, California.
Ross has exhibited at venues such as Local Project in Queens NY, Chashama NYC, SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco, Art Ark Gallery in San Jose, Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, Bennington Museum, Burlington City Arts (BCA), Southern Vermont Arts Center (SVAC), and International Print Center New York (IPCNY, now Print Center New York). He studied painting and art history in Florence, Italy, received his BFA in Illustration from Syracuse University, and his MFA in Visual Art from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
In 2021, Ross founded the School of Psychogeographic Arts in downtown Vergennes, Vermont, where he taught adult and youth art and urban exploration classes out of his studio. The School of Psychogeographic Arts currently operates out of his Seascape Village work-space in Aptos, California. Ross’ art has been exhibited and collected internationally, and he continues to focus on concentrations of drawing, painting, printmaking and outdoor exploration practices.
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