Marianna Ross

Fine artist Marianna Hamilton Ross lives and works in Central Florida.

Read her interview conducted by her husband, author C. P. Ross on December 8, 2014 in Maitland, Florida.

From Marianna Hamilton Ross’ web site:

Marianna received an MFA in Painting from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting and Printmaking from the San Francisco Art  Institute, and a BA in Art from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Important influences were her teachers, Richard Diebenkorn, Jack Beal and Sondra Freckelton in composition, as well as  travel to Papua New Guinea, Indonesian batik factories,Italy, Mexico, and Peru.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONS:

American Automobile Association National Headquarters, Heathrow, FL

Barnett Bank/Bank of America, Palatka, FL

City of Orlando Public Art Collection, Orlando, FL

Daytona Beach Regency Hotel, Daytona, FL

Embassy Suites Hotel, Silver Springs, MD

Fortune Federal Bank, Tampa, FL

Gordon Getty Collection, San Francisco, CA

Markham Woods Presbyterian Church, Lake Mary, FL

Mary Black Chapel, Spartanburg Hospital, Spartanburg, SC

Merv Griffin Collection, Pebble Beach, CA

Presbyterian Church Chapel, High Point, NC

Renaissance Hotel, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Seminole State College, Sanford, FL

St. James Episcopal Church, Monterey, CA

South Carolina State Art Collection, Columbia, SC

Trinity Episcopal Church, Myrtle Beach, SC

Valencia College, Orlando, FL

Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

“Pompeii”, Juried Exhibition, Central Florida Watercolor Society, Orlando Science Center, Summer, 2020.

Solo Exh. of Watercolors and Silk Paintings, The Hub on Canal, Founders Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, Apr 1-26,2021

Women’s Art Group: Casselberry Art House,  March, 2020 and February, 2021

Invitational Fibers Exh, Silk Paintings, Leesburg Center for the Arts, Oct, 2019

“Silksational!”, Three Person Silk Painting Exh, Casselberry Art House, Aug 5-23, 2019

2nd Place, Art League of Daytona Beach” Figuratively Speaking” Juried Exh, July, 2019

2nd  Place, Women in the Arts Int. Competition, Orlando Public Library, March, 2019

Best of Show Award, Art League of Daytona Beach Members’ Exhibition, January, 2019

20th Annual Juried Central Florida Watercolor Society Exhibition, Casselberry Art House, March 4-29, 2019.

Solo Exhibition, Watercolors and Silks, Crealde School of Art, Showalter Hughes Gallery, May 11-July 28, 2018 (Brochure avail.)

Solo Exhibition, Watercolors, University Club, Winter Park, FL, January, 2017

“Fluid Nature”: Three Person Exhibit, SFSC Museum of Florida Art and Culture, Avon Park, FL, Oct 4-Nov 30, 2017

Seminole State College Fine Arts Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Watercolors, Feb 11-Mar 16, 2016, Sanford, FL (Catalog Available)

Three Person Exhibit, Casselberry Art House, June, 2016, and June, 2017, Casselberry, FL

Award of Distinction, “Figuratively Speaking”,  Art League of Daytona Beach, FL, July, 2016 and July, 2017

Cooperstown Art Association, Two Person Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY

Wayne County Arts Alliance Open Studio Tour (Juried),Honesdale, PA

Willow River Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Honesdale, PA

AFA Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Scranton, PA

Roberson Museum, Juried Art Competition, Binghamton, NY

Windsor Whipworks Gallery, Windsor, NY

Gallery on Avalon Island, Orlando, FL

Orlando Museum of Art, Artist of the Month, Orlando, FL

Savannah College of Art and Design, Juried Exhibition, Savannah, GA

Salt Creek Galleries, Juried Exhibition,St. Petersburg, FL

Backus Gallery,  Florida Landscapes, Four Person Exh.,Ft. Pierce, FL

Ohio Designer Craftsmen Juried Exhibition, Columbus, OH

Atlantic Center for the Arts, Harris House, Solo Exhibition, New Smyrna Beach, FL

Florida Craftsmen Travelling Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

Frick Gallery, FC Juried Exhibition, Belfast, ME

Florida State University, Sculpture/Fiber Exhibition, Tallahassee, FL

Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Solo Exhibition, Winter Park, FL

Waterworks Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Salisbury, NC

South Carolina State Juried Exhibition, Purchase Award, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC

Watercolor USA: Southeast Juried Exhibition, Belleair, FL

Spoleto Festival, Fibercrafts Juried Exhibition, Charleston, SC

Read her interview by her husband, author C. P. Ross.