DAN & LEE ROSS
Dan and Lee’s paths crossed in 1972 as students at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Dan, who is from Madison, Wisconsin and Lee, from St. Paul, began a collaboration that continues to this day. They work side by side from initial designs to the finished sculptures and prints. Living in northern Minnesota on the shore of Lake Superior has had a dramatic impact on their work. New forms and shapes evolved after they observed how tumultuous storms and shifting ice sheets rearranged their boulder-strewn shoreline. On any given day, Dan and Lee can be found sketching out ideas, rolling out slabs of clay, loading their gas-fired kiln, carving basalt or granite using chisels, diamond saws and grinders, and making monotype prints using wood blocks, ink and paper. They have won numerous awards, several commissions and their work is included in private and public collections nationwide.
ARTIST STATEMENT Our perception of time changed in 2020 when we entered the print studio in midDecember. We were ready to get to work, ready to put new ideas on paper but then we saw a calendar on the wall opened to March 2020. Seeing the calendar made us stop and reflect. Time had stood still for 9 months. What is time? How do we measure it? Ancient cultures charted the length of shadows or positions of the stars and followed the rhythm of the seasons. With the disruption of the events that marked our calendar we found new ways to measure time. On our daily hikes along the trails by the Brule River and Lake Superior in northeastern Minnesota we were fascinated by how time has changed the course of the river and reshaped rocks and boulders along the lake. The trail ending where the river meets the lake and the lake meets the sky.
- Dan & Lee Ross
Blocks of Time collage reconstruction 2020 $1,400.00 image: 28 x 20” | frame: 35 x 27”
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Untying Time collage reconstruction 2020 $1,200.00 image: 37 x 15” | frame: 44 x 22”
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River Flows Under the Ice collage reconstruction 2020 $950.00 image: 14 x 27” | frame: 21 x 34”
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The Sky Begins at Your Feet monoprint 2020 $2,400.00 image: 39 x 28” | frame: 49 x 38”
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Where the River Meets the Lake and the Lake Meets the Sky monoprint 2020 $2,400.00 image: 28 x 40” | frame: 38 x 50”
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The River Changes Course monoprint 2020 $2,400.00 image: 39 x 28” | frame: 49 x 38”
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Sing collage reconstruction 2020 $1,200.00 image: 27 x 21” | frame: 34 x 29”
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Bridges collage reconstruction 2020 $1,200.00 image: 11 x 41” | frame: 18 x 48”
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Port collage reconstruction 2020 $1,200.00 image: 27 x 21” | frame: 34 x 29”
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Timeline stoneware clay 2020 $1,400.00 image: 31 x 7.5 x 5"
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Artifact stoneware clay 2020 $450.00 image: 9.5 x 10 x 4.5"
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Timeline 3 monoprint, collage 2020 $1,200.00 image: 28 x 21” | frame: 35 x 28”
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Time Keeper 2 limestone and black granite 2021 $1,400.00 image: 15 x 10 x 5"
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Measuring Time collage reconstruction 2020 $950.00 image: 22 x 14” | frame: 29 x 21”
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Time Keeper 1 limestone and black granite 2021 $1,400.00 image: 17 x 12 x 5"
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Timeline 2 monoprint 2020 $1,200.00 image: 28 x 21” | frame: 35 x 28”
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One Fine Day monoprint 2020 $1,200.00 image: 28 x 21” | frame: 35 x 28”
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Timeline 1 monoprint, collage 2020 $1,200.00 image: 28 x 21” | frame: 35 x 28”
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Time Signature 1 monoprint, collage 2020 $1,200.00 image: 28 x 21” | frame: 35 x 28”
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Birdwatcher stoneware clay 2020 $850.00 image: 17 x 12 x 5"
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Time Signature 2 monoprint, collage 2020 $1,200.00 image: 28 x 21” | frame: 35 x 28”
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Lake Superior Current monoprint 2020 $1,200.00 image: 21 x 28” | frame: 28 x 35”
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Time Keeping monoprint 2020 $1,200.00 image: 21 x 28” | frame: 28 x 35”
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Between the Clouds monoprint 2020 $1,200.00 image: 21 x 28” | frame: 28 x 35”
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State Fair 2 monoprint 2020 $950.00 image: 21 x 28” | frame: 28 x 35”
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State Fair 3 monoprint 2020 $950.00 image: 21 x 28” | frame: 28 x 35”
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State Fair 1 monoprint 2020 $950.00 image: 21 x 28” | frame: 28 x 35”
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Running Owl stoneware clay 2020 $350.00 image: 10 x 8 x 4"
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Lifting of the Fog monoprint 2020 $750.00 image: 17 x 21” | frame: 24 x 28”
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