Bob Cross - "Take the Sky" Acrylic Painting
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"Take the Sky"
Acrylic and Charcoal on Gallery Wrapped Canvas.
28" x 22" Unframed.
Star Series Paintings
All seven were painted between July and August 2023, implementing an ongoing series of small drawings as a springboard. I am often asked when is a painting completed, and recently began wondering - when is a drawing completed?
I had been considering a group of written word paintings, and had prepared grammar school style ledger paper for the preliminary sketches, seeing them I instinctively drew a "star" in the upper right corner on some of the images, as I might have done in grade school, then continued following that thread. The 28" x 22" paintings examine this thought of using a symbolic shape as the subject.
The paintings textured surfaces raised some interesting technical challenges, and made it possible to create what I think of as veils of color. The joy and mystery of color in and of itself is a wonderful thing. To my eye these surfaces evoke wall fragments from Pompeii or the Roman Empire.
Painting titles are a unique opportunity for me to expand my esthetic beyond the physical act of painting, into what I think of as poetics.
Bob Cross
My abstract works combine minimalist structures with raw, painterly textures. Drawing inspiration from Mondrian's geometry, Diebenkorn's sense of place, and Lichtenstein's reflective surfaces, I strive to create balanced compositions that are disrupted by scumbled paint, smears, and muted tones. Grids and color fields evoke images of land and light, yet the surfaces are intentionally imperfect, gritty, weathered, and open to interpretation. Reflection in this context is conceptual, with the viewer becoming part of the landscape, engaged in the act of seeing. The result is a quiet tension between order and decay, structure and spontaneity. This "dirty minimalism" is intended to feel grounded, abstract, and deeply human.
As a young man I was fortunate to work directly with 6 people from the group of artists who created the 9th Street Art Exhibition in New York in 1951, a show which helped make America the center of the international art world and introduced Abstract Expressionism, the first art movement created in America. That experience shaped the essence of my abstract work, and my drive to organize contemporary art in our region to create a look and style for both artists and the public to embrace as our own.
Education
Ohio University, M.F.A. in painting, 1990
Atlanta College of Art, B.F.A. in sculpture, 1981
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1976
Work
Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Master Printer, 1981-1988
Collaborated on published projects with Frank Stella (also his part time painting assistant), Anthony Caro, Helen Frankenthaler, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, Michael Heizer, Alan Shields, Richard Smith, Ed Baynard, T.L. Solien, Terence LaNoue and Steven Sorman.
Haselrick & Cross, Inc., 1994 to present
Co-owner of a company which creates and restores murals, wall coverings, and unique painted finishes inside modern and historic properties.
Notable historic projects include: The Fort St. Joseph Museum in Niles MI, Ruthmere Museum in Elkhart IN, Buckley Homestead in Lowell IN, the Eli Lilly Estate in Syracuse Indiana, St. Vincent's Church in Elkhart Indiana, the Bonine House in Vandalia MI, Powers Church in Angola IN, the Beardsley home and the Shelly home - both included in the book "99 Historic Homes of Indiana," A&E's television series America's Castles- a name credit in the show titled The Medicine Men which includes Ruthmere Museum.
Collections
Scripps-Howard
Marcadia Biotech
The Fort Wayne Museum
Lincoln Financial Group
Readers Digest
Central Mutual Insurance Company
DuCharme, McMillen, & Associates, Inc.
Marcadia Biotech
The Bank of Ann Arbor
Baker & Daniels
William & Wagner Advertising
Indiana Tech
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Wood Logan Associates
The T.C. Steele Boyhood Home
The Lavanture Group
Champion International Corporation
Office of Mary Ellen O'Connell
Midwest Museum of Art purchase awards from:
Michael & Rebecca Kubaki
Thomas & Elizabeth Borger
Scott & Kristin Mereness
Bibliography
Workshop: The Kenneth Tyler Collection
Tyler Graphics - Catalogue Raisonne
The Prints of Frank Stella - A Catalogue Raisonne
Exhibitions
2021 A Sense of Place: Abstract Art in Northern Indiana, Ft Wayne Museum, a group exhibition which I participated in and co-curated with Abby Leon Group Show: Judy Ferrara Gallery, Three Oaks, MI
2020 Solo Show: Edington Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2020 More Is More: The Garrett Museum of Art, Garrett, IN
2019 Group Show: Edington Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2019 Group Show: Judy Ferrara Gallery, Three Oaks, MI
2018 Solo Show: The Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2018 Group Show: Edington Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2018 Group Show: Judy Ferrara Gallery, Three Oaks, MI
2017 Two Person Show: Arts on Main, Elkhart, IN
2017 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart, IN
2016 Solo Show: Edington Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2016 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart, IN
2016 Group Show: The Bank of Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI
2015 Solo Show: Paradigm Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2015 Group Show: Chelsea River Gallery, Ann Arbor
2015 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart
2015 Group Show: Indiana Tech Fort Wayne
2014 Solo Show: N. Wirt Gallery, Elkhart
2014 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart
2013 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart
2013 Group Show: Edington Gallery, Three Oaks
2012 Solo Show: Art Exposed Gallery, Cassopolis
2012 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart
2011 Solo Show, Art Exposed Gallery, Cassopolis
2009 Group Show, Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis
2009 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart
2008 Solo Show- Art Exposed Gallery, Cassopolis
2008 Group Show- Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis
2008 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart
2006 Group Show- Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis
2006 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart
2004 Alumni Show, Ohio University, Athens, OH
1997 Solo Show, Steelhead Gallery, South Bend
1995 Invitational Show, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
1995 Invitational Show, Century, OH
1992 Solo Show, Ohio University Lancaster
1992 Juried Show, Huntington Museum of Art
1992 Artists Books, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
1992 Progressions in Paper, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
1992 Roberta Ruhn Gallery, Columbus, OH
1992 Works on Walls, Huntington Museum of Art, WV
1990 Group Show, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh
1990 Group Show, Tony Birkhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1990 Thesis Show, Ohio University, Athens, OH
1989 Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Clemson University, SC
1989 Recent Acquisitions, Readers Digest Pleasantville, NY
1989 Invitational Show "The Shanghai Exchange," Shanghai University Gallery, P.R.O.C.
1988 Four Corners, La Mama La Galleria, NYC
Solo Shows
2020 More is More, Garrett Museum of Art Garrett, IN
1997 Steelhead Gallery, South Bend, IN
1992 Ohio University, Lancaster Gallery, OH
1990 Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Awards
2015 Mereness Purchase Award, Midwest Museum
2013 Kubacki Purchase Award, Midwest Museum
2011 Borger Purchase Award, Midwest Museum
2006 Barnes & Thornbury Purchase Award, Midwest Museum
1989 John Houk Award, Ohio University
All sales on original artwork are final. No discounts apply.
Acrylic and Charcoal on Gallery Wrapped Canvas.
28" x 22" Unframed.
Star Series Paintings
All seven were painted between July and August 2023, implementing an ongoing series of small drawings as a springboard. I am often asked when is a painting completed, and recently began wondering - when is a drawing completed?
I had been considering a group of written word paintings, and had prepared grammar school style ledger paper for the preliminary sketches, seeing them I instinctively drew a "star" in the upper right corner on some of the images, as I might have done in grade school, then continued following that thread. The 28" x 22" paintings examine this thought of using a symbolic shape as the subject.
The paintings textured surfaces raised some interesting technical challenges, and made it possible to create what I think of as veils of color. The joy and mystery of color in and of itself is a wonderful thing. To my eye these surfaces evoke wall fragments from Pompeii or the Roman Empire.
Painting titles are a unique opportunity for me to expand my esthetic beyond the physical act of painting, into what I think of as poetics.
Bob Cross
My abstract works combine minimalist structures with raw, painterly textures. Drawing inspiration from Mondrian's geometry, Diebenkorn's sense of place, and Lichtenstein's reflective surfaces, I strive to create balanced compositions that are disrupted by scumbled paint, smears, and muted tones. Grids and color fields evoke images of land and light, yet the surfaces are intentionally imperfect, gritty, weathered, and open to interpretation. Reflection in this context is conceptual, with the viewer becoming part of the landscape, engaged in the act of seeing. The result is a quiet tension between order and decay, structure and spontaneity. This "dirty minimalism" is intended to feel grounded, abstract, and deeply human.
As a young man I was fortunate to work directly with 6 people from the group of artists who created the 9th Street Art Exhibition in New York in 1951, a show which helped make America the center of the international art world and introduced Abstract Expressionism, the first art movement created in America. That experience shaped the essence of my abstract work, and my drive to organize contemporary art in our region to create a look and style for both artists and the public to embrace as our own.
Education
Ohio University, M.F.A. in painting, 1990
Atlanta College of Art, B.F.A. in sculpture, 1981
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1976
Work
Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Master Printer, 1981-1988
Collaborated on published projects with Frank Stella (also his part time painting assistant), Anthony Caro, Helen Frankenthaler, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, Michael Heizer, Alan Shields, Richard Smith, Ed Baynard, T.L. Solien, Terence LaNoue and Steven Sorman.
Haselrick & Cross, Inc., 1994 to present
Co-owner of a company which creates and restores murals, wall coverings, and unique painted finishes inside modern and historic properties.
Notable historic projects include: The Fort St. Joseph Museum in Niles MI, Ruthmere Museum in Elkhart IN, Buckley Homestead in Lowell IN, the Eli Lilly Estate in Syracuse Indiana, St. Vincent's Church in Elkhart Indiana, the Bonine House in Vandalia MI, Powers Church in Angola IN, the Beardsley home and the Shelly home - both included in the book "99 Historic Homes of Indiana," A&E's television series America's Castles- a name credit in the show titled The Medicine Men which includes Ruthmere Museum.
Collections
Scripps-Howard
Marcadia Biotech
The Fort Wayne Museum
Lincoln Financial Group
Readers Digest
Central Mutual Insurance Company
DuCharme, McMillen, & Associates, Inc.
Marcadia Biotech
The Bank of Ann Arbor
Baker & Daniels
William & Wagner Advertising
Indiana Tech
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Wood Logan Associates
The T.C. Steele Boyhood Home
The Lavanture Group
Champion International Corporation
Office of Mary Ellen O'Connell
Midwest Museum of Art purchase awards from:
Michael & Rebecca Kubaki
Thomas & Elizabeth Borger
Scott & Kristin Mereness
Bibliography
Workshop: The Kenneth Tyler Collection
Tyler Graphics - Catalogue Raisonne
The Prints of Frank Stella - A Catalogue Raisonne
Exhibitions
2021 A Sense of Place: Abstract Art in Northern Indiana, Ft Wayne Museum, a group exhibition which I participated in and co-curated with Abby Leon Group Show: Judy Ferrara Gallery, Three Oaks, MI
2020 Solo Show: Edington Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2020 More Is More: The Garrett Museum of Art, Garrett, IN
2019 Group Show: Edington Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2019 Group Show: Judy Ferrara Gallery, Three Oaks, MI
2018 Solo Show: The Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2018 Group Show: Edington Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2018 Group Show: Judy Ferrara Gallery, Three Oaks, MI
2017 Two Person Show: Arts on Main, Elkhart, IN
2017 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart, IN
2016 Solo Show: Edington Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2016 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart, IN
2016 Group Show: The Bank of Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI
2015 Solo Show: Paradigm Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2015 Group Show: Chelsea River Gallery, Ann Arbor
2015 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart
2015 Group Show: Indiana Tech Fort Wayne
2014 Solo Show: N. Wirt Gallery, Elkhart
2014 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart
2013 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart
2013 Group Show: Edington Gallery, Three Oaks
2012 Solo Show: Art Exposed Gallery, Cassopolis
2012 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart
2011 Solo Show, Art Exposed Gallery, Cassopolis
2009 Group Show, Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis
2009 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart
2008 Solo Show- Art Exposed Gallery, Cassopolis
2008 Group Show- Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis
2008 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart
2006 Group Show- Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis
2006 Midwest Museum Regional Exhibition, Elkhart
2004 Alumni Show, Ohio University, Athens, OH
1997 Solo Show, Steelhead Gallery, South Bend
1995 Invitational Show, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
1995 Invitational Show, Century, OH
1992 Solo Show, Ohio University Lancaster
1992 Juried Show, Huntington Museum of Art
1992 Artists Books, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
1992 Progressions in Paper, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
1992 Roberta Ruhn Gallery, Columbus, OH
1992 Works on Walls, Huntington Museum of Art, WV
1990 Group Show, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh
1990 Group Show, Tony Birkhead Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1990 Thesis Show, Ohio University, Athens, OH
1989 Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Clemson University, SC
1989 Recent Acquisitions, Readers Digest Pleasantville, NY
1989 Invitational Show "The Shanghai Exchange," Shanghai University Gallery, P.R.O.C.
1988 Four Corners, La Mama La Galleria, NYC
Solo Shows
2020 More is More, Garrett Museum of Art Garrett, IN
1997 Steelhead Gallery, South Bend, IN
1992 Ohio University, Lancaster Gallery, OH
1990 Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Awards
2015 Mereness Purchase Award, Midwest Museum
2013 Kubacki Purchase Award, Midwest Museum
2011 Borger Purchase Award, Midwest Museum
2006 Barnes & Thornbury Purchase Award, Midwest Museum
1989 John Houk Award, Ohio University
All sales on original artwork are final. No discounts apply.
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