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Artist's Statement/Bio
Winter’s intaglio prints, books, studio art quilts, and paintings reference psychological and religious archetypes, altered states, and earth-based philosophies. Her approach is inspired by the visionary Symbolists, Surrealists, and the ethos of Ecofeminism. Images often include the human figure in relation to landscape and nature.
Her art has appeared in juried exhibitions, museums and publications such as Changing Skies Vol. 2; Art Quilt Magazine; An Appalachian Journey Toward Justice (cover art), The Contemporary Quilt: New American Quilts and Fiber Art; The Conscious Use of Metaphor in Outward Bound (cover art); Moving Mountains music CD; We’Moon International Datebook, U.U. World magazine; various literary journals, and her own book, 4 Warnings: Shamanic Journeys.
Winter painted at Hartford Art School, holds a degree from the Rhode Island School of Design, and studied at Pilchuck Glass School.
Copyright is retained by the artist on works sold. Non-exclusive reproduction rights are available. Commissions accepted.
At work on "In The Cave of Shadows", Aeolian Acres Artist Residency, Paonia, CO 2018
Studio Art Quilts
(Giclee prints available, commissions accepted)
"Jeweled Evening"
velvet, beads, metallic machine embroidery, painted batt. 10x10, SOLD
"The Human Figure in Fabric", Tubac Center for the Arts, AZ
A Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Published in U.U. World and We'moon datebook
"Mount St. Helens Hillside
Memorial Quilt"
body print and
photo silkscreen, 60 x 80 $4500.
Denver Botanic Gardens
Taos Public Library
"Ophelia"
body print, dye and acrylic pigment, quilted
60 x 80, $4500.
"Hanging by a Thread", University of Northern AZ
"Honoring the Source", Marietta College, OH
Art Quilters Magazine
"Dune Lightning"
shibori dyed cotton, metallic, embroidery, appliqué, exposed batt
40 x 32, $1500.
Court Street Gallery, Fayetteville, WV
Taylor Books, Solo Exhibition, Charleston, WV
"Mudra", 30 x 40, hand-dyed and commercial cotton, hand quilted and applique´ SOLD
Giclees are available
"Enlightenment Lost", appliqué, photo-transfers, various fabrics, 52 x 52, $4000
Sexually Charged: Carmesi Gallery, Lawrence, KS
Crestone Artisans Gallery; featured in Taos Tempo after being banned at SMU, Fort Burgwin in Taos!
"Embrace of the Phoenix",
shibori dyed fabric, beads, acrylic, appliqué, quilted.
36 x 45, $2700
Crestone Artisans Gallery
Fox Den Gallery
"Magpie Totem", shibori dyed fabric, beads, acrylic, appliqué, machine quilted,
36 x 45, $2700
Crestone Artisans Gallery
Fox Den Gallery
Crone & Crow, Taos
"Creating the Goddess" 45 x 30, cotton, applique, pieced, hand quilting. $4000
Dairy Barn, Athens, OH
Covenant House, WV
Etawha Gallery, GA
Taos Public Library, NM
Sacred Threads Exhibition, IN
Detail: "Creating the Goddess"
"In the Cave of Shadows", various fabrics, appliqué, beads, bones, shells, 75 x 90, $5000.
Image chosen for 2021 Taos Lamp Post Banner;
Taos Virtual Spring Arts Show;
Quilt Invitational, Taos Library
Book Cover: "Throwing the Bones: the Ancient Art of Divination"
"Pele", Velvet, hand dyed cotton, synthetics, beads, acrylic paint, machine quilting. 12 x 12, $400
"Cupid's Boot" 36 x 42, Leather, satin, cotton, acrylic pigment. SOLD
"NightBridge" commissioned by ArtsBridge for their lobby, Parkersburg, WV
"Cry Me a River"
40 x 32, velvet, satins, embroidery and quilting.
Citizens Action Group office, Charleston, WV
Detail: "Cry Me a River"
"Dakini & Coal Barge", raw silk, satin, ribbon, strip pieced, quilted, 20 x 16.
Riverside Artists cooperative, Marietta, OH SOLD
"TIC", triptich, 24 x 24 hand-dyed silk and velvet, pieced, stretched, framed.
Private collection
"TAC", triptich, 24 x 24 hand-dyed silk and velvet, pieced, stretched, framed.
Private collection
"TOE", triptich, 24 x 24 hand-dyed silk and velvet, pieced, stretched, framed.
Private collection
"Woman/Shore", 48 x 48, hand-dyed cotton, strip pieced, lace, applique´.
Peoples Bank, Ohio, Purchase Award
"River Goddess", 10 x 10, hand dyed cotton and embroidery. Permanent collection, Emma Byrd Gallery, University of Charleston, WV. Gift of Dr. Gina Palozzi
"Green Man", 60 x 80
Private Collection
"Bride", 30 x 36, metallics, satin, hand dyed fabric, embroidery and quilting. SOLD
Taylor Books solo show, Charleston, WV
"American Beauty with Pocket", 60 x 80, satin, machine apppliqué, quilted.
The Contemporary Quilt, 1975, P. Chase, EP Dutton, publisher.
Confluence Gallery, Denver, CO. SOLD
"Three Bridges", commission, 24 x 18 velvet, cotton, machine embroidery, strip pieced.
Private Collection
"Night Watcher", 17 x 11, $400, SOLD
Detail: "Night Watcher", raw silk, beads, various metallic and transparent fabrics, machine embroidered and quilted.
"Sunset Pond" 18 x 18, hand-dyed, strip pieced, hand quilted, $300, unframed.
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
(Custom sized archival giclee prints and cards available)
"Epona's Wheel"
$2000
Prayers from the Earth mandala series, 24 x 24, acrylic on masonite; Oregon Arts Council Residency, Klamath Falls
"White Sands", 20 x 30, oil and acrylic on masonite, $2500
Award: Illustrators of the Future; Spiritual Journeys traveling exhibition.
"MoonSpring", 24 x 30, oil and acrylic on masonite, $2500
Spiritual Journeys, Shumei Center, Crestone, CO. Gunnison Art Center
"Drawing Down the Moon"
$2000
Prayers from the Earth mandala series, 24 x 24, acrylic on masonite; Oregon Arts Council Residency, Klamath Falls
"At Dawn", 30 x 24, oil and acrylic on masonite, $2500.
Award: Illustrators of the Future; Spiritual Journeys: Shumei International Gallery; Gunnison Art Center; Two page spread in Changing Skies magazine, CU-Boulder
"White Buffalo with Eclipse" and "Coyote Moon"; 6 x 6, acrylic on canvas. $95; SOLD
"Snake Charmer", 24 x 24, mischteknic on masonite. $2500. Illustration for "Medusa" anthology, Brigid's Gate Press
"Offering", Self-portrait, Prayers from the Earth series. 24x24, acrylic on masonite. NFS
"Soul Searching", 30 x 24, acrylic on masonite, $2000; Elsewhere Artist Residency, Paonia, CO
Illustrations for "4 Warnings: Shamanic Journeys"; Etchings hand pulled at and Authenticated by Ventero Open Press, CO:
"Chiroptera", 9 x 10 limited edition hand colored etching, $250; Cover illustration.
"Ursa Major", 9 x 10 limited edition hand colored etching, $250;
Las Comadres Gallery
Taos, NM
"Blue Deer", 9 x 10 limited edition hand colored etching, $250; Scripps Gallery, Canyon Rd, Santa Fe, NM,
"Orca", 9 x 10 limited edition hand colored etching, $250; Society for Shamanic Practice, monthly feature.
Book Cover
"Aspen Pond"
14 x 11, pen & ink, $200
"Dog Mandala", 24 x 24 ink & paw print, $900
Personal Greeting Card
"Epona", 24x32, graphite on illustration board, framed. $2000
" Hombre" 6 x 10, graphite on paper, framed. $100
Illustration Resumé Cover, self portrait, graphite on illustration board. Reference photo by Drew Moody.
"Figure Study", 5 x 8, graphite on paper, framed. $100
Mixed Media
"Gypsy's Dream", installation: life-sized paper map hands rising through the floor. Inspired by a dream.
Featured in "Taos Tempo" and "Espanola Arts" magazines front covers. Arte de Descartes, Stables Gallery, Taos, NM
"Only From the Heart", 16x20, collage. SOLD. Available as cards, prints.
Detail: "Our Lady of the Laundry"
"Our Lady of the Laundry", inspired by a horrible housekeeping job in Lake City, CO. Mixed media altarpiece: mirror, clothes pins, buttons, electric candles, wash cloth and towel tags, colored pencil. Arte de Descartes annual exhibit and featured in the Taos News. 20x34, $700
"Creatrix", art quilt, 30x40, $2,000, SOLD
Stained Glass, 1978-83
"Fire"
"Water"
"Air"
"Thinking of Buddha"
Self-portrait,
slumped, pieced, laminate image.
Private Collection
"The Mens' Bath"
laminated image, copper foiled stained glass.
Private Collection
"Kitchen Mirror"
Sandblast on Mirror
"Vertebrae", 20 in.
"Mandala of the Bicuspid"
Laminated dental x-rays, copper foil, stained glass, 36 in.
Private Collection
"Shell", 20 in.
Wearable Art, 1975-78
"Priestess Regalia", velvet, satin, appliqué. Foothills Art Center Craftmen's Exhibit, Golden, CO. Collection of the artist.
"Blacksmith's Vest," unknown synthetic fabric, hand quilting and trapunto, collection of Joe Pehoski, Iron Heart Forge. Sturh Museum of the Prairie Pioneer residency, Grand Island, NE.
"Ceremonial Vest", satin, appliqué, quilted, Bodyworks Gallery, solo show, "Bed, Body and Wall Works", Chicago, IL. SOLD
"Iowa Highway Vest", cotton, quilted, pieced and embroidered. Bodyworks Gallery solo show, Chicago, IL. SOLD; Detail: back, "Moon Phase Vest", satin, velvet, appliqué, quilted, SOLD.
Press
“The textile designs of Winter Ross outstrip the work of two other designers at the second of three Young Professionals shows at the Craft Alliance gallery.” - St. Louis Post Dispatch, July 1975
“Ross... parked a rainbow inside the front door of the Omaha Girls Club, and before the day was over it had spread all the way back to the recreation room.” - Omaha World Herald, June 1979
“Creating the Goddess is a quilt by Winter Ross which is a take off on The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo. This piece poses the question 'Who creates whom?' in the parent-child relationship.” - The Post, Athens, Ohio, April 1997
“I truly appreciate your efforts in helping Art/Quilt contain a high level...Our readers have been most complimentary and you have their and my deepest gratitude for contributing to the magazine.” - Lynn Lewis Young, editor, Art/Quilt Magazine, July 2001
“You walk in the front door and this one piece, laced with hand-dyed fabrics, immediately hits you,” Anna Prince, artist and coordinator of the show, said. “It first seems like a landscape but as you look deeper into it, you realize it's a woman's body. It knocks the socks off you.” - The Marietta Times, Marietta, Ohio, Jan. 14, 2003
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