Amy Ross
Legshroom With Bird
2008
collage on paper
10 x 8 inches

Amy Ross' collages offer us a delightful glimpse into another world, where we might retreat to when the world starts to go all topsy-turvy. Amy happens to be in a group show, Animus Botanica, thisverysecond in Chelsea. The show is closing Saturday, but you've still got some time to make it over, don't you? If you're like me and my closest friends, an indulgent walk around Chelsea just might be what the doctor ordered. Too much election news is just too much. Really.

From the press release:

Amy Ross’ watercolors and collages portray delicate, elegantly rendered botanicals morphed with animal and human forms. Ross notes these images subvert the traditional genre of botanical illustration by viewing the natural world through the lens of genetic engineering and mutation gone awry. Woodpeckers with mushroom caps for heads adorn fragile white birch branches; another mushroom sprouts into a headless writhing serpent. While these creatures are charming, Ross alludes to the dangers of meddling with nature.

Here is another peek:


Amy Ross
Woodpeckershrooms #3
2008
collage on paper, 9 x 12 inches

Boy, I wish I were one of those little birdies hanging out under the mushrooms...they probably don't have to worry about Thursday night's debate!

Denise Bibro Fine Art
529 West 20th Street 4W
New York, NY

Amy's 20x200 editions:
Manshroom
Duck Magnolia
Amy's works on paper: Jen Bekman Gallery
Amy's website