Bøger af Karrie Ross

"The Faces Within" The Artists personal responses to their mental/physical/emotional state during this election past year. . Curated by Karrie Ross FACES WITHIN: We all experience the pull of emotions and the recent Presidential election of 2016 has brought many, if not all, of us to points of realization of about what, why, how we think, and feel. The question the artists were posed with is "What Does YOUR emotional FACE Look Like?" Each Artist was assigned a left or right side of face to create. Some started their projects before November 8th and others after, the results are amazing, I hope you'll be able to relate to, and find a connection to, their feelings. There will also be some small pieces reflecting a full face and one emotion. Participating Southern California based Artists: Nancy Larrew, Sarah Stone, Ben Zask, Steve Shriver, Scott Meskill, Anna Stump, Vicki Barkley, Raymond Logan, Randi Matushevitz, Malka Nedivi, Leonard D Greco, Jr., Beanie Karmen, Lore Elkelberry, Cansu Bulgu.

b'Healthy Everyone needs a little help sometimes...and that includes OUR body, mind, and spirit! Our body is OUR world. One we are responsible to keep healthy, aware and alive. There's a cycle to health, we might call it a game...keeping our mind healthy with a positive attitude makes us want to treat our body with care, and when this happens we inspire our spirit to love and share what we've learned. When they all work together body, mind, and spirt, we create a world of peace inside and out. b'Healthy_____________ www.bebuddies.com ____________________ "b'Healthy" is an endearing story about being healthy and finding ones place in the world. Beautifully conceived, written and illustrated by the author/artist Karrie Ross "b'Healthy" is the second in the b' book series and introduces healthy concepts encouraging struggle against something you may have no control over, and change the way you look at the world, encouraging the reader to get caught up in the Bebuddies adventures of living life in the Now and sharing them with friends._________________________Karrie Ross's ongoing career as an award winning author of books for both children and adults and her visual and graphic arts gave birth to the following books: "Coaching Parent Coaching Child", "My Breasts Talking", "My Hands Talking", "My Trees Talking", "The Our Ever Changing World Series of Artists Art and Story books vol. 1 thru 14 so far"; "The Big Little Book of Thoughts", "Got Shui?", Ongoing series of art catalogues; "The California High Desert Artists", "EGGs Coloring Book", "The Bzzzbee Series on Beeing;-'Bzzzed!', 'Snow Bee', 'You Have My Heart'"; "Follow Your Balloon"; "Yin Yang Moments", "the Bebuddies books-- "b'Watchful", "b'Healthy", "b'Kind"; "What's Your Energy!", "Be A Smile;"... with more on the way.

This is a book about how artists collaborate during stressful times. The year 2020 is just one such time where artists had to use their ability to communicate when the outside world was going through some tough experiences. Artists are here to document through artwork that examples the world. Karrie Ross and Ashton Phillips rose to the occasion and collaborated with 50 other artists, you can search for Call and Response on the web for exhibitions #1 and #2 and #3 is in the works.###

I like thinking that artists "save" something from being forgotten. I thought this focus would be something everyone can relate to in today's world of forever changing views, new technology, and global change. I noticed that artists work to bring something that is hidden into light. That their way of seeing our world opens us to new ways of being and thinking. Different perspectives help to bring about change. The stories the artists share, will take you from Africa, Europe, to California and places in between. You'll learn about different cultures, new technology, variety of feelings, visionary insights, art process, mediums, personal histories and more. Each page takes you to another place of question and seeing the "what" is important enough for the following artists to share about in the hopes that their "it" will be saved. California Artist books, Los Angeles Artist Books. Participating Artists: Lillian Abel John Adams Laurence B. Anderson Jodi Bonassi Donna Geist Buch Rebecca E. Catterall Diane Cockerill Andrea Derujinsky Steven Fujimoto Debra Girard Tm Gratkowski Debbi Green Michael Gullberg Marueen Haldeman Teale Hatheway Kerry Kugelman Campbell Laird Melissa Ann Lambert Susan Lamino Jon Measures Hung Nguyen Gay Summer Rick Ellen Riingen Cindy Rinne Karrie Ross Catherine Ruane Heather Scholl Dulce Stein Mike Street Charles Swenson Jill Sykes Phil Tarley Trice Tolle Stefanie Vega Lorraine Devon Wilke Felice Willat.

We don't communicate without a language of some kind-see, hear, taste, smell, touch, intuit-are all sense languaging/vibration. Each artist develops a special-to-them tone-that "thing" that GETS them going. Each artwork created is a note in their vibration. A series of artwork is a continuation of the "tone range" as it binds the art together and the vibration begins to be felt on a more conscious level-dialogue. Then BAM! the vibration becomes so strong, so loud, so in-your-face that its a conversation that must be acknowledged...and shared. Mike and Joe's work have a unique language when viewed alone, and a dialogue when viewed together. With images verging on surreality or the subconscious mind, both artists pose questions of challenge creating a lively conversation. A vibration that has nothing to do with if they are similar or how different in style or medium or subject. On the following pages please enjoy their artwork and read how each artist reflects on their work within the dynamics of personal language, dialogue, and conversaton.

PAPERBACK: Conversations happen everywhere...between men, women, children, pets and especially in our minds with ourselves. Artist Karrie Ross listens to her internal conversations. "I believe the best way to create a happy healthy self is to attend to the internal dialogue that is going on within us all the time, the act of observing and listening to what is being said, attending to and assessing those unique conversations..." "My Breasts Talking" is about her breasts' observations and the attitude they express... you know, one that stands out from the rest of the body. They are like a precocious two-year-old talking, talking, talking... wanting attention, complaining, giving orders... expressing! "My Breasts Talking" shares Ross' own sense of whimsy of this experience. Using humor mixed with fun and lighthearted short insights, this book is sure to fulfill the promise of interaction, introspection, and help you feel like you are there listening in as they are talking, talking, talking. The book is 140 pages of humorous thoughts... please enjoy and buy the other books in the series.

Using the Feng Shui and 5 Elements concepts of growth, love, nurture, aspire, and wisdom, Karrie Ross shares her personal journal of inspirational thoughts gathered over 30 years...the never ending journey of self discovery. Follow her and discover the magic of yourself. See your Wow! Feel your Awe! Quiet introspection builds the muscle of intuition...as you listen you are shown the wonders living life attentive to growth, love, nurture, aspire and wisdom offers.

LINE Artists are the creators and keepers of history. They work to bring the hidden to light. We can go on for ever and still take something for granted until an artist brings it to our attention... if only for a little while sharing their fascination. I believe there is a story in everything and these exhibiting artists each share their own unique 'take' on line, and the exploration of... please meet Jill Sykes "discovery" Beanie Kaman "direction" Emily Elisa Halpern "disconnect" Karrie Ross "distortion" Together "we are LINE!" I think line is taken for granted. When was the last time you really viewed the horizon, or thought about the act of standing with others to buy morning coffee. How about when you drive on the street, do you even think about it being divided into rows by lines for safety. Or when you pick up a pencil or pen and lines begin to appear in the form of words, an expression of self. Lines just are. The artists in LINE really push the limit here, and they might not have even realized that their art was exampling line... I didn't until I looked for it... line was in the shadows becoming form, in shapes watching it morph, scratched with emotions in dance, and trying to find a safe place in their awkward vibration. "It" all starts with a line.

"The Nature of Things" The Mike Kelley Gallery invited three artists to celebrate "The Nature of Things". In a world currently filled with uncertainties the attention to 'all things Nature' allows us a freedom of, and connection to the differences in our world. Each day we are called on to make choices about how to live, to be. A showing-up for the not so simple phenomena of the physical world, landscapes, animals, plants; the not so easy human condition man-made structures, social rules; and the never superficial inherent beauty of things-their sense of magic. Each with a language of its own when perception gets a hold on our soul, and we can't look away from what they demand of us. Art has a way of saving "things" from extinction, even if it's just a simple, easy, depth of a new color, sound, distraction from-there is nothing so compelling when it comes to an artistic view. Gallery A: Lillian Abel, "Energy" Gallery B: Tracey Weiss, "Metamorphosis" Gallery C: Karrie Ross, "Balance & Flow" Gallery A: Lillian Abel "Energy" My work depicts Nature, however, it is made in my studio from memory, impulse and emotions. They are abstracted by the palette knife, searching for hidden worlds and images in the paint that reveal on the picture plane. They need to be uncovered, stroked, massaged and moved onto the surface, brought up from where they are hiding; surprising me with their ability to come forth when called by my hand. Revealing the recognized of our 'world sight' as unrecognizable, opening the eye of the witness to the experienced memory of the coalescence of fierceness and delicacy in the wilderness. Beginning from the darkness, moving to find hidden worlds that lay just beyond the edge of our awareness, calling the unexplored knowledge of the unseen. Gallery B: Tracey Weiss "Metamorphosis" is an investigation into the innate cycle of nature, as well as our own society. Seasons, life cycles, survival of the fittest: these are all terms we come to know as relating to wildlife, ecology, and the natural world around us. These terms also play an important role in our man-made world of industry, advancement, and even sociology. While 35mm slides left the mainstream in the late 1970s as every household's record of their summer vacation, slide film had an extended life in the art world and academia. Artists' portfolios were captured in slides well into the late 1990's and even into the early 21st century for some. Since the digital film has taken over, slide portfolios and slide libraries have been collecting dust in artist studios and educational institutions everywhere. In the work in "Metamorphosis", viewers are invited to view these miniature, framed images as objects unto themselves, evolving from an outdated photography medium to a new sculpture medium. Gallery C: Karrie Ross "Balance & Flow" continues the questions for how exposure to higher vibrations, deep thinking, and taking actions are able to twist perception and create the ability to make conscious choices affecting personal growth. Art is a powerful influencer. Art that encourages choice creates a kinetic pull in such a way that it takes the action of 'walking away' from it to realize something changed and a safe place using space/time experiences now exists. "Balance & Flow" presents the experience of the "letting go" in her abstract paintings, paired with the introspection of her 3D figurative installation on the 5 Elements- together offering choices and reflection of 'what is' and 'what's next'-as a rock is to a stream, intentionally balancing conflict-allowing a sense of magic, inherent beauty.

Art catalog for Karrie Ross at LA Artcore Union Center for the Arts in August 2014. More of her work can be seen at http: //www.karrierossfineart.co

"My Own Private Moon" explores the personal relationship of the artists to the moon, their connection to it, interpretation of and with this magical iconic wonder that is so distant and yet very much part of our world. Its gravitational push and pull manipulating emotional well-being, individually and collectively, and movements of oceans high and low tides are an ever present part of our physical and emotional environment. Songs, photos, movies, paintings, all address its wonder. Its images show up in folklore and varying beliefs. We attribute a face to the Moon, a consciousness, a being inside that controls-no wonder the Moon's phases have historically been linked with the word "lunatic". Astrologically, the Moon represents the inner nature of a person and its sign reveals a person's emotional and subconscious state. A few interesting facts about the Moon: - The Earth and the Moon revolve together, from Earth, we always see the same side of the Moon! - There is no "dark side" of the Moon. All parts of the Moon see sunlight equally. - Not all full Moons are the same size. - The Moon is not round! - In 1665 Earths' moon became known as Moon. The inspiration for the exhibition title ---came from the movie "My Own Private Idaho" where two best friends...embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way." A journey of surprise and wonder...acceptance of self, others, and differences of human nature. On view are works by 21 Los Angeles based Artists: Roxene Rockwell, Dens Richardson, Ron Therrio, Ted Meyer, Stevie Love, Peggy Sivert Zask, Ada Pullini Brown, Dave Lovejoy, Bryan Ida, Wini Brewer, Susan Lizotte, Bibi Davidson, Jill Sykes, Scott Dienhart, Cathy Weiss, Sharon Suhovy, Ashley Bravin, Lena Moross, Francisco Alvarado, Barbara Nathanson, Karrie Ross

b'watchful _____ Everyone needs a little help sometimes...even our home...the Earth! Watching is observing, observing is seeing and seeing is a way of feeling. Feelings come from deep inside. Feelings are a part of being human. Feelings help us decide how we think... how we act... what we say... what we do! When we act upon our thoughts and feelings and use our imagination, we inspire amazing changes. Changes can help others who can't help themselves. Working together we can help the Earth. Feel. Think. Act. b'watchful_____________ www.bebuddies.com ____________________ "b'Watchful" is an endearing story about a journey of finding ones place in the world. Beautifully conceived, written and illustrated by the author/artist Karrie Ross "b'Watchful" is the first in the b'book series and introduces environmental concepts encouraging struggle against something you have no control over, and change the way you look at the world, encouraging the reader to get caught up in the Bebuddies adventures of living his life in the Now and sharing them with friends._________________________Karrie Ross's ongoing career as an award winning author of books for both children and adults and her visual and graphic arts gave birth to the following books: "Coaching Parent Coaching Child", "My Breasts Talking", "My Hands Talking", "My Trees Talking", "The Our Ever Changing World Series of Artists Art and Story books vol. 1 thru 14 so far"; "The Big Little Book of Thoughts", "Got Shui?", Ongoing series of art catalogues; "The California High Desert Artists", "EGGs Coloring Book", "The Bzzzbee Series on Beeing;-'Bzzzed!', 'Snow Bee', 'You Have My Heart'"; "Follow Your Balloon"; "Yin Yang Moments", "the Bebuddies books-- "b'Watchful", "b'Healthy", "b'Kind"; "What's Your Energy!", "Be A Smile;"... with more on the way.

Artists of the California Hi-DesertI like thinking that artists are different. I noticed that artists work to bring something that is hidden into light. That their way of seeing and being in our world opens us to new ways of acting and thinking. Their different perspectives help to bring about change. Our Ever Changing World: Through the Eyes of Artists: "The California Hi-Desert Artists" bring together artists who are taking risks each day, not just because they live in the desert but by their actions-setting a purpose to create their own life. Looking change in the face and making new beginnings with their art in a challenging location. Featuring the following artists: Bill Brewer, Lisa Manifold, John Henson, Timothy Hearsum, Mitch Miller, Kat Johnson, Steve Rieman, Lisa Starr Starr, Ben Allanoff, Margie Trandem, Wini Brewer, Cathy Allen, Wendy Lee Gadzuk, David Bottoms, Kevin Powell, Robert Arnett, Kat Green, Cybele Rowe, Tony Milici, Diane Best, Siori Kitajima, Snake Jagger, Larry White, Meg Madison, Yucca Vallery Art Center, Be It Now!www.ArtistARTandStory.comCover Image: Bill BrewerTitle: "9.56 pm. The World's Biggest Joshua Tree (Dead). September 14, 2015"

In a place within the reach of our dreams and imagination, lives the Bebuddies and their magical home called the Land of WOW! Why is is a World of Wonder, its a place where children are taught to lookout for, and help create kindness towards others and the world they live in. Thought explorative experiences with the Bebuddies. Children develop a strong base for their personal character, become a positive influence on others and create a world in harmony, a healthier place for all of us to live. *********** The Bebuddies help us find the magic in discovering our worlds, inside and out through positive examples... which assist children in acquiring the courage and skills necessary to b'aware of their actions and to always try and do their best - for both themselves and others.************ What makes Bebuddies so special? They teach children the how to Be the WoW! in their lives and the how to share it with others. ************* The Bebuddies are committed to help each child and adult to b'aware of the world they live in, to help protect it from harm and care for it from the heart. ************* Join the Bebuddies in the Land of WoW! create and discover a world in harmony through their many adventures!

Studio Channel Islands Blackboard Gallery is pleased to present "Light & Space Through Time" The Art of Karrie Ross. Selected artwork created from 2017 thru 2019. The exhibit of 2D and 3D work covers several series including: light & space flow/water/sound vibrations; metaphorical pen&ink the questions/actions of being human is....; and new abstracts with the image of an egg shape representing a head, safety, sanctuary, security - from her exploration of the resulting fears, and affects (TBI and concussion) of the accident in mid-2018 and the questions that needed answers. Exhibition dates: August 3rd thru September 21, 2019OPENING: Saturday, August 3rd from 4pm to 6pmBlackboard Gallery2222 E Ventura Blvd. Camarillo, CA 93010; (off the 101 frwy)Gallery Hours: Tue-Fri 11 - 5 p.m.; Sat 11 - 3 p.m.; Open Studios; First Saturday of the Month; 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.___________________________________Karrie Ross is a Los Angeles based visual artist who implements a variety of mediums in her art, including pen&ink, watercolor, acrylic, wire, and collage. Her work, a collaboration with nature, is fueled by questions and the what it takes to live in this world, a 'Being human is....' explored. With over 45 years of experience, Ross's work has been shown in over 170 exhibitions in the past decade. ________________________________Studio Channel Islands is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to a bringing together artists and community for extraordinary artistic encounters that enrich, educate, and entertain.Studio Channel Islands is located within a converted, re-imagined 1950s Elementary School and includes two art galleries, 26 converted classroom artists studios and an outdoor exhibition and event spaces on the grounds and back parking lot. Studio Channel Islands believes in the transformational power of the arts; our outreach programs include Memory Cafes in the Gallery and Stroke Survivor Art workshops in the community.

I believe that Artists are in some way Historians... that their work saves something from becoming forgotten...and changes lives and perspectives. This book series documents by the year-I tried other ways but yearly seems to work out best. The saying "Art examples Life" is very true and can been seen yearly and sometimes major change within a story that happened in that year to affect the artists creative state of being. Again to those new to my books, I am a native to California so many of them are only of California artists. There will be some books that extend to other locations over time. Please enjoy the read. Thank you. Karrie Ross http: //www.karrieross.com http: //www.oureverchangingworld.com Featured Artists: Cindy Betzer Pharis, Cindy Rinne, Debbi Swanson Patrick, Diane-Cockerill, Douglas Eisenstark, Ellen Riingen, Jeff Hilbers, Jim Salvati, Karen Kauffman, Karin Skiba, Barbara Kerwin, Laurel Paley, Linda Sue Price, Lorraine Bubar, Mara Thompson, Mara Zaslove, Martin Cox, Melissa Ann Lambert, Michelle D. Ferrera, Milo Reice, Peter Hess, Ron Therrio, Scott A. Trimble, Sharon Suhovy, Simone Gad, Skye Amber Sweet, Susan Lizotte, Suzanne Budd, Tomoaki Shitbata, Tracey Weiss, Randi Matushevitz, Karrie Ross.

Press Your Breasts 2015 I wrote a book "My Breasts Talking" of short comments about having breasts and what they would say if they had a voice. I've created 3D artwork, I call them "Bustiers" where the front is the beauty we show the world and the back is the dialogue that goes on behind it. And now with this series of paintings I've explored using my breasts as the main element in an art project... "Press Your Breast." A hidden part for me is in the sharing of my experience, the internal beauty of breasts, with others. Some may have had illnesses, cancer, and lost their breasts, I am in process of expanding this concept into gallery exhibitions and fund raising opportunities for non-profit use. Please contact me if any part of this new project resonates with you. +++ Karrie's work centers around the personal generation of a continuous flow of energy and her belief that this energy can be shared with the world through exploring art, haikus, writing, and exampling the concepts of feng shui energy balancing. Karrie is a native of Los Angeles and describes herself as visual artist who creates art with abandon.

I believe that Artists are in some way Historians...that their work saves something from becoming forgotten. And, artists tell stories all the time in their art, words, visuals. Moments.The year 2018: On a political front was great for the USA and our midterm elections. A more even balance is been established. On a general overview of the art world in LA things seem to be expanding and moving faster. Each day there seems to be another show being posted on facebook filling up every weekend and eating into the weekdays-evenings with openings. Artists are being cautious with where they show, asking the important questions for them, the why the money, if there is insurance, how to move forward, the how to be seen. Curators jobs are getting more intense and artists are becoming more forward with questions of who, what when where why how. The importance of keeping a job-job to support the art habit and the struggles of foregoing the safety net... the full scope of being an artist is being questioned and reevaluated. On more personal level artists are getting older, seeing the world differently, participating in their passions and focusing on leaving something for the up-coming generations... art, environment, social political, learning the power of participating and the greater good. Making statements that are more in-your-face look at me. Writing the journeys to transform points of view and ways of being human. A way of humanity that seems to have been put by the wayside... for now.Featured Artists from around the World: Karen Karlsson, Jean-Luc Sanhes, Nathalie Tierce, Nidhi Agarwal, Jeff Hilbers, Sudrak Khongpuang, Freddie B., Jacqueline Steimke, Jacki Apple, Chuck Feesago, Jack Reilly, Karin Skiba, Cristina Paulos, Alison Wright, Marjorie Trandem, LaJon Miller, Barbara Kerwin, Evvie Kyrozi, Angeline Straatman, Lisa Manifold, Siori Kitajima, Niamh Ni Chearbhaill, Silvia Traistaru, Michael Maas, Daniella Smith, Aliza Bejarano, Disha Dua, Pascaline Doucin-Dahlke, Elena Mary Siff, Mohan Sundaresan, Kirk Shiflett, Nicola Anthony, Wendy Lee Gadzuk, Karen Boissonneault, Gauthier, Alexandra Rutsch Brock, Skye Amber Sweet, Christie Shinn, Ginger Van Hook, Eva (Tcz.) Sterlich, Heather Scholl, Nirali Thakkar, Christopher Heltai, Susan Lizotte, Jill Carol, Michael McCall, Tina Dille, Heather A. Wallis Murphy, Karrie Ross. _______As always, this is my art-book-project, entry is free and most submissions are accepted as long as they are on track with the focus of the book. I price the book just enough to make it into Amazons library system, and once on Amazon, books seldom get deleted...so these will live on as long as amazon.com does.Thank you for being a part of this journeyKarrie Rosshttp: //www.karrieross.comhttp: //www.artistartandstory.com_____________________________Note: The artists are listed in the order if when they submitted their stories. I appologize if I left anyone out anywhere or misscoppied anything. The book has not been edited or proofed by me, so spelling, grammar and sentence structure is purely of the artists own words and adds to the quality of the sharing. Thankful ...I appreciate all the stories submitted, I really like to have a big book, and therefore even the stories a little off-track have been included. A big hug and many thanks especially to the Artists that kept to my requested focus of the year 2018