ROSS WILSMORE ARTIST
CONTEMPORARY REALIST PAINTINGS
Held in many corporate and private
collections both in Australia and overseas Ross Wilsmore artwork is instantly recognizable.
Originally a graphic designer from the
Caulfield institute of technology he worked as an art director in Melbourne
advertising agencies before becoming a freelance designer illustrator.Now a sophisticated emerging artist his
work is fast becoming collectable.
His works are dramatic and thought
provoking in their simplicity.A sensitive colour palette, subtle light
situations and distorted perspective all combine to create a surreal mood. Simple
everyday scenes with interesting objects juxtaposed and isolated, so as one
points to and accentuates the character of the other.The graphic designer within often re-emerges
with graphic elements often appearing to add drama to the story.
ROSS WILSMORE
BIOGRAPHY
Even
though the majority of his career was as a graphic artist, right from the
start, Ross Wilsmore always dabbled in art. As a 16-year-old schoolboy he was
providing the artwork for surfboards - in return for being able to create his
own boards. This is a hobby that he still pursues, although the board art has
changed to a more stylized, contemporary version.
Now,
he is a sophisticated emerging artist whose work is instantly recognizable and
is held in corporate and private collections. He takes simple locations such an
outback air strip or a seaside dock and builds a powerful landscape image.
Ross
qualified as a graphic artist at the Caulfield Institute of Technology and
later went on to study Applied Art at the Prahran Institute. He then worked for
more than 25 years as a graphic designer and consultant for advertising
agencies. Three years ago, he cut himself free to work on his own art out of
his studio in Cheltenham, Victoria.
When
working on a piece, Ross begins with the sky and the mood it creates, building
layer upon layer, while all the time working forward. He is influenced by
his graphics background and his appreciation of the urban landscape and its
control of the people who move through it.
He
paints with acrylics, accentuating the mood with colours, perspective, angles
and the composition. His images are thought provoking in their
simplicity, the colours and mood often surreal. Through the juxtaposition of
elements of art in the landscape, he points to the character in both and that,
in turn, becomes a piece of art. Sometimes, he says, the result is art within
art.
