Daniel ross - "Waiting for the Light"
September 11 - September 26, 2004 

Autumn Sky
32 X 40 Inches, 2004
Oil on Canvas

Winter Sky
32 X 40 Inches, 2004
Oil on Canvas

Desert Sky
32 X 40 Inches, 2004
Oil on Canvas

Four Elements of Movement - White
40 X 56 Inches, 2003
Dyptych

Abbozzo Gallery is pleased to announce our first solo exhibition of new paintings by the Burlington-based artist Daniel Ross. Titled "Waiting for the Light", the show features exciting new works which present familiar Canadian imagery - the landscape - in abstract, unexpected and very personal ways. Landscape is not the subject of these paintings - it is emotion. Ross uses the often bleak beauty of the Canadian landscape as a metaphor for the self, and as a conduit for emotion. In these paintings he often combines figurative elements with abstract fields of colour, producing charged emotional compressions which dramatically alter our perceptions of what the landscape can represent. The solitary figures who inhabit these landscapes (portraits of the artist and his wife, Emma Quin) serve to embody a state of mind, a sense of displacement, and a search for direction, which we can all relate to. The works in this exhibition are all private meditations on identity and existence, communicated with power and sensitivity.

Daniel Ross was born in Ottawa in 1966. His decision to become a practicing professional artist came after several years of University study. He was accepted into the Ontario College of Art in 1989, graduating with honours from the department of drawing and painting in 1993. He spent his third year studying abroad at the O.C.A. studio in Florence, Italy, an unforgettable experience which confirmed his personal direction as an artist. In the years since he has developed a body of work which has attracted a wide audience and increasing critical attention.

Blue Day
30 X 40 inches
Oil on Canvas

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