Artist Spotlight on Ross Richmond

To Demonstate During Second Saturday ArtWalk

The Duncan McClellan Gallery in St. Petersburg’s Warehouse Arts District will welcome Glass Art Master Ross Richmond as its January exhibitor of the month. Featured in the Ross Richmond exhibition will be selections from his recent “Herd and Seen” collection of spectacular images of equine beauty and emotion. Also included will be a few of Richmond’s earlier works in his ornate figurative series based on human images. He is best known for his focus on sculpting realistic figures, adorned with color and pattern.

The visiting master artist will appear at the McClellan Gallery over the weekend with an Exhibition Opening on Saturday, January 13, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., followed by awe-inspiring demonstrations of his glass sculpting technique in the McClellan Hot Shop from 5 to 9:00 p.m. during St. Petersburg’s Second Saturday ArtWalk.

This month’s featured exhibitor will be back at the Duncan McClellan Gallery on Sunday, Jan. 14, with a lecture and another demonstration. He has been a teacher and visiting artist at many prestigious schools, and his work currently is on display at several major galleries in the United States and Canada.

Ross Richmond first became interested in glass art while attending the Cleveland Institute of Art. He graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a major in glass with a minor in small metals (jewelry).

As his art developed, he has worked with (and for) some of the greatest glass and non-glass artists, including William Morris, Jane Rosen, Preston Singletary, KeKe Cribbs, and Dale Chihuly. Richmond has studied and taught at many prestigious art schools across the country, including the Penland School of Craft, the Pilchuck Glass School, the Toscana School of Art Glass, and the Toledo Glass Museum. He was a visiting artist at the Corning Glass Museum and is currently building his own hot glass studio near his home in Seattle, Wash.

In recent years, his focus has been on glass sculptures of horses, focusing on the details of their anatomy. His work lets the viewer follow the sweeping gestural lines of his form. He says that he has always been inspired by the horse as portrayed in art throughout history. He finds that the subject matter is very relatable to a large audience

“Horses symbolize power,” Richmond says in explaining his current artistic direction. “I am not trying to replicate the anatomy of a horse, but instead break down the form into its basic shapes, represented more as a silhouette.”

The Duncan McClellan Gallery is located at 2342 Emerson Ave. S. in St. Petersburg’s Warehouse Arts District. An internationally recognized master glass artist himself, McClellan has converted a former tomato warehouse into a beautiful 10,000 sq. ft. Indoor-outdoor gallery and garden.

The gallery currently features works in a variety of art mediums by some of the world’s finest artists. The special January exhibitor events at the McClellan Gallery are open to the public at no charge, and Richmond’s works will continue to be on display throughout the month. For more information, call 855-436-4527.

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