A solo exhibition of new work, “SEEP line,” by Johnnie Winona Ross will open at Charlotte Jackson Fine Art on September 1 and extend through October 1. An Opening Reception with the artist will be held on Friday, September 1 from 5-7 p.m. There will be a Gallery Talk, with Johnnie Winona Ross in dialogue with Publisher of Radius Books, David Chickey, on Saturday, September 2 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., followed by a book signing of Johnnie Winona Ross published by Radius books. The gallery is located in the Railyard Arts District at 554 South Guadalupe Street.
A profound quiet. Runnels of color surface and descend through woven white. This is not the silence that is secession of sound but the quiet of the world waiting, of a still point of time and experience gathering toward fruition. The silence that radiates from these paintings is the silence of the desert – striated canyons, floating mesas, moon on sand, light glinting on precious water. But it is also the same quiet as a cathedral, a wall of petroglyphs, an ancient Greek sculpture, the silence between the notes of jazz masterpiece. The silence of art.
As the title of the exhibition, “SEEP line,” suggests, Johnnie Winona Ross’ paintings are landscapes – though not in a way that is immediately recognizable. Each of Ross’ paintings is inspired by a particular place, often close to his mesa home near Taos, New Mexico. With a spare visual language, Ross creates works which invoke the small, secret presence of water in the desert.
