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STEVE BICKLEY & FIONA ROSS TERTIARY & ENTRANCE OCTOBER 13 - NOVEMBER 6, 2023
FIONA ROSS: ENTRANCE & STEVE BICKLEY: TERTIARY brings together two Virginia artists for an exciting two-person exhibition that explores each artists’ individual visual vocabularly while also investiagting how material properties influence the content of an artwork. The exhibition will remain on view, by appointment, until Monday November 6, 2023 in the gallery space of 3North, 4015 Fitzhugh Avenue. If you’de like to book an appointment, please email the gallery at admin@pagebondgallery.com to find a time that works best for you.
Opposite page FIONA ROSS, Sleeping Stones 2 (Detail), 2023
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FIONA ROSS
Dislocation of a More Complete Pattern #12, 2016 Acrylic ink on yupo paper 45 x 30 inches $4,500.00 framed INQUIRE 4
STEVE BICKLEY
Silver Beech-Nut, 2023 Brushed aluminum 36 x 36 x 1/2 inches $7,500.00 INQUIRE 5
FIONA ROSS
Sleeping Stones 1, 2023 Acrylic ink on yupo paper 23 x 35 inches $3,500.00 framed INQUIRE 6
FIONA ROSS
Sleeping Stones 2, 2023 Acrylic ink on yupo paper 23 x 35 inches $3,500.00 framed INQUIRE 7
FIONA ROSS
Antumbra, 2020 Sumi Ink on Watercolor Paper 12 x 12 inches $2,500.00 framed INQUIRE 8
FIONA ROSS
Ecliptics 1 (Penumbra), 2020 Sumi Ink on Watercolor Paper 12 x 12 inches $2,500.00 framed INQUIRE 9
FIONA ROSS
Fractal Eclipse #36, 2019 Sumi Ink on Watercolor Paper 12 x 12 inches $2,500.00 framed INQUIRE 10
FIONA ROSS
Antumbra 2, 2019 Sumi Ink on Watercolor Paper 12 x 12 inches $2,500.00 framed INQUIRE 11
FIONA ROSS
Dynamic Bubble Raft #1, 2020 Acrylic ink on Yupo paper 35 x 23 inches $4,000.00 framed INQUIRE 12
STEVE BICKLEY
Cloudscape, 2022 Enamel on HDF (high density foam) 20 x 26 x 9 inches $9,500.00 INQUIRE 13
STEVE BICKLEY
Beech-Nut, 2023 Brushed aluminum 36 x 36 x 1/2 inches $7,500.00 INQUIRE 14
FIONA ROSS
Dislocation of a More Complete Pattern #16, 2016 Acrylic ink on Yupo paper 23 x 35 inches $3,500.00 unframed INQUIRE 15
FIONA ROSS
Dislocation of a More Complete Pattern #58, 2019 Acrylic ink on Yupo paper 23 x 17 1/2 inches $2,500.00 framed INQUIRE 16
STEVE BICKLEY
Spring Beauty, 2023 Enamel on aluminum 51 x 48 x 1 inches $12,000.00 INQUIRE 17
STEVE BICKLEY
Black Bass, 2020 Black pigment and wax on maple panel 34 x 31 x 3/4 inches $6,000.00 INQUIRE 18
STEVE BICKLEY
Silver Palm, 2023 Brushed aluminum 72 x 72 x 1 inches $18,000.00 INQUIRE 19
FIONA ROSS
Euphoria 1, 2023 Acrylic ink on yupo paper 35 x 23 inches $3,500.00 framed INQUIRE 20
STEVE BICKLEY
Teal Skycloud, 2023 Enamel on HDF (high density foam) 19 x 20 x 14 inches $9,500.00 INQUIRE 21
STEVE BICKLEY
Magnolia, 2023 Archival print on cotton paper, ed. of 6 24 x 24 inches $1,200.00 framed INQUIRE 22
STEVE BICKLEY
White Orchid, 2023 Archival print on cotton paper, ed. of 6 24 x 24 inches $1,200.00 framed INQUIRE 23
Fiona Ross Abbreviated CV
EDUCATION 2001 M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 1988 M.S.T., Fordham University, New York, NY 1987 B.A., English Literature, Fordham University, New York, NY SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019 Fractal Eclipse and Dislocation of a More Complete Pattern, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2018 Interplay, Wilton Companies Gallery, Richmond, VA 2016 Dislocation of a More Complete Pattern, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2014 Complement of Closure, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2012 Layers and Competition, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave, VA 2011 Trace of a Moving Point, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA 2010 Walking the Parallels to Terminus, Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA 2008 Unicursal Reveries, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA The Thread in the Labyrinth, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA Fiona Ross, ADA Gallery Richmond, VA SELECT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Republic of Ireland Capital One Markel Corporation Wachovia Securities Wells Fargo
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Fiona Ross Lives and works in Richmond, Virginia
Artist Statement - ENTRANCE “Material properties can influence the content of an artwork, from the fine maze of cracks in glazes and paint, the gloss of dried ink, and the way liquids react with surfaces. Ink droplets evaporate and leave reticulation marks, evolving into broken patterns such as those found in fingerprints and crystalline structures. Fractal fields impose a structure on the paths of eclipses, planets, moons and suns, forming a physical link between the known and the unknown, imparting imperfect knowledge accumulated in fragments. Self-portraits flow with the memory of liquid or have the body’s absence described by thousands of tiny staves. Materials flow through physical processes and reactions while I am working with them, allowing me to see their organizational systems. As the systems resolve into the structures I paint and draw, my decisions are guided by material properties, a melding of patterns, process and attention.”
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Steve Bickley Abbreviated CV
EDUCATION 1978 MFA University of Georgia 1974 BFA East Carolina University SELECT COLLECTIONS Appalachian State University Behnish and Partners Architects of Stuttgart Germany Capital One Financial Corporation First Virginia Bank Markel Services Incorporated Mary Washington College The Smithsonian Institution The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts University of South Carolina VCU Children’s Hospital Virginia Power Company Virginia Tech WUVT Public Radio
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Steve Bickley Lives and works in Blacksburg, Virginia
Artist Statement - TERTIARY My recent works continue to be influenced by the natural world, often beginning as a line drawing. These new compositions become reinvented into a personal visual vocabulary that I use for prints, sculpture, and painting. When these compositions are taken into space and given dimension they often pose a challenge and require an interpretation, which is when tertiary color becomes important. I begin the painting process by applying colors from my tertiary pallet, “April Love,” “Mango Tango,” “Brezo Blue,” and “Lime Sorbet.” These mixes of blues, reds, and greens are often taken to the extreme in order to fill the complex composition of lines with color. Symbolism mixed with allegory equals a tertiary composition.
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STEVE BICKLEY & FIONA ROSS TERTIARY & ENTRANCE OCTOBER 13 - NOVEMBER 6, 2023
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