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Recently, the San Carlos Library held a reception for Ross\u2019s new exhibit, displaying her work, as well as the work of her students, throughout the library. As part of the reception, Ross was also invited to demonstrate the way she creates artwork not often seen in San Diego: wildlife collages. Using old National Geographic magazines, she cuts out pieces of photographs, illustrations and even text that will go into her drawings on black matte board, the ideal color surface for the collages.<\/p>\n
Ross does not concern herself with the subject matter of the pieces as much as the color and light in the ultimate effect.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is very little in nature that is truly black and truly white,\u201d she said. None of the pieces of magazine photos she used in a collage of a lion were ever of that particular animal.<\/p>\n
For the lion collage, Ross used about 40 magazines.<\/p>\n
Her methodology for developing the color and shape of a rhinoceros has interesting origins as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll together, I used cut pieces from pictures of the Virgin Mary, Michelangelo\u2019s statue of David and naked ladies,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n On a more practical note, Ross recommended to cut, not tear, the pieces of a magazine picture. Also, she uses a mixture of Elmer\u2019s Glue and water (equal parts) for pasting the pieces onto the board.<\/p>\n Ross picked up a photograph of a large rock from a National Geographic magazine. She held it up for everyone to see.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve got to get this in somewhere. I think it will be perfect as the rock that the hippo stands on,\u201d she said, holding it at the bottom of the rhino collage.<\/p>\n Someone asked Ross where she got the idea of making collages from magazine pages. She said that one day when she was walking by the central museum of Edinburgh, there was a poster for a show comprised of girls\u2019 faces from magazine covers.<\/p>\n \u201cI looked at that poster and said \u2018I can do something like that,\u2019\u201d Ross said.<\/p>\n Marty Armstrong, a student in Ross\u2019 Safari Art Circle who has several pieces in the current exhibit as well, had first met Ross in a Life Drawing class at Foothills.<\/p>\n From Ross\u2019 class, Armstrong said that she learned all the basics about art \u2014 focal point, value, contrast and shape \u2014 and to never place the subject on exactly the half point of the paper.<\/p>\n \u201cHazel makes us all better. She makes anyone who wants to be an artist a better one,\u201d Armstrong said.<\/p>\n Armstrong had recommended a friend of hers, Stephen Roeder, to the Safari Art Circle. A retired physics professor from San Diego State, Roeder had dabbled in art since his retirement. He enrolled in Ross\u2019s Safari Art Circle.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve always loved art. My passion is portraits. I like to catch a person\u2019s likeness and make them look good. From Hazel, I learn the composition of a picture and how that makes a big difference. But she also encourages me in doing whatever I want to do,\u201d said Roeder, who hopes to have some of his own work in the next exhibit of Safari Art Circle.<\/p>\n The next new class of the Safari Art Circle will begin this summer. For more information, email Ross at hazel.ross@cox.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a>
(Foto por Cynthia Robertson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n