VIEW IN MY ROOM
United States
Mixed Media, Digital on Other
Size: 18 W x 24 H x 0.1 D in
Boys in the Ouchy Pink Flower Jackets represents the decadence of overindulgence in the fashion industry. The double image and heavy focus on flower patterns on the excessively large ties and cuffs shows that the attention to detail required in many high fashion designs is labor intensive. Beauty notwithstanding, below the surface lies a repressive world where workers are heavily exploited in the industry. I was particularly moved when a young woman told me a story about her job at a local t-shirt factory. This young woman was working long hours and attending high school. The job conditions were particularly difficult and her job was to label 10,000 t-shirts per hour. It struck me that this is happening in the United States. When I saw the jackets that are represented in this artwork, it was the embroidery that really stood out. I am sure that it was a painstaking process to complete. I thought about the history of labor and especially women’s work in manufacturing. When I created the artwork, I altered it significantly to distort the original design, much like I imagine this kind of work changes the workers. I use digital media in order to make a smaller impact on the environment and only print works when collectors purchase them.
Mixed Media:Digital on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:18 W x 24 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
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United States
My name is Kathleen Ross. I am currently a digital artist, writer, and an art educator. I earned my MFA at the School of Visual Arts in Studio Art with a focus on painting and mixed media. Since leaving New York in the early 2000’s, I spent the majority of my career as an art educator in St. Louis, MO. During this time, I discovered that the demands of teaching came with a price. For several years, it seemed almost impossible to find time or resources to create art, despite having summers off. Alma Woodsey Thomas inspired me to start making art again when I taught a lesson about her work. I saw in her biography that she was a teacher for thirty years before she was able to focus on her art career. That inspiration led me to start a blog and I began thinking about women in the arts. It is shocking that so few women make it into exhibitions or are recognized for their achievements. That said, some of my favorite artists are Kiki Kogelnik and Sister Corita Kent, two under recognized Pop artists. What I like about their work is the way they use color and that their work always send a strong message or call to action. After exploring my options, I found that digital art was the best medium for me. I developed my process over time and began to work with specific tools to achieve the appearance and narrative of my work. In general, my canvas is a touch screen tablet and my pen or brush is a stylus. I use photographs, older physical works, and drawings to create mixed media compositions. Then I add additional hand drawn marks to the images I create. The physical artwork, is produced as a Giclée print. This is a digital process where the image is transferred onto archival paper using high quality ink. What I like about this process is that it allows me to create work that doesn’t take up physical space unless I or somebody else wants to see it in real life. Because of this, I hope to be more environmentally conscious without sacrificing my creative options. My artwork is content and purpose driven, but composition and subject help tell the story in each piece. I focus on contemporary, real world issues, and how they tie in with history, and our human experience. I am particularly interested in power dynamics in human relationships, both large and small. Each work of art reveals a subject or subjects caught in a moment in time, and without explanation.
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