SHOWS AND SPECIAL EVENTS 2015 Phil Gross presents a show of new works at the Artery opening February 6, 2015. The show titled, ‘North 38° Latitude’ refers to a topographic slice across the northern California landscape to include works covering the north SF bay area, Sacramento valley and high Sierra mountains. Many will recognize the bright deeply saturated warm colored landscapes of the Sacramento valley from aerial and ground perspective, a theme he continues to revisit. And of course,a show of his is not complete without his intimate valley cow portraits. North 38° Latitude also presents the granite terrains of the Sierra Nevada with a cooler palette based more in the cerulean blues of the high altitudes. As a former geologist who loved the science of the Sierra Nevada, in recent years Gross has turned that passion of the high country into art…creating works at first as a ‘Yosemitie artist in Residency 2010’ and continuing since then. As he explains, “At first painting the Sierra was very difficult …I had a farm valley palette that didn’t work and anyway, how do you paint a huge mountain of white? John Singer Sargent answered that one for me with his exquisite watercolors of the Italian marble quarries. And then of course both Theibuad and Kondos have created their own wonderful mountain worlds. At this point, I have come to love painting that white granite, knowing and incorporating how a rock weathers, the exfoliating fracture systems, the glacial erratics, the high mountain cirques, roche moutonees, all come into play.” Finally, Gross continues honing his landscape painting skills amongst the vertical city streets his birthplace, San Francisco, ?and the rolling northern California coastline, thus completing this sampler across the latitude north 38 degrees. The Artery, Davis 2012 Artist: Phil Gross Dates: October 5 – November 6, 2012 Reception: Friday, October 12, 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. For our October exhibit, Phil Gross offers "My Left Hand" with an interesting back-story. One high school summer, Phil, naturally right handed, decided to be more than a one-dimensional basketball player. Consequently he spent endless hours learning to dribble and shoot a basketball with his left hand. Now, forty years later, he faced a related challenge. His right arm and hand developed a tremor, which made it impossible to skillfully wield a paint brush. Although it took much longer than one summer, he became a left-handed painter. As he says, "I can now say with confidence that middle-aged dogs can learn new tricks." Phil's show features his "signature" locations: nearby irrigation ditches, train tracks running through town, county roads and roadside bovines. Several works are from studies Phil did while “Artist in Residence” in Yosemite National Park in 2011. Look for telescopic perspectives inspired by our valley, backlit subjects (contre-jour, French for 'against daylight') and highly saturated palettes. The Artery, Davis Ongoing exhibit of paintings. Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento 2011 Invitational Group Show, Landscapes of California John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis Invitational Group Show in tribute to Roy DeForest Pence Gallery , Davis 2010 Juried selection in 25th Yosemite Renaissance Traveling Show Yosemite National Park Artist in Residence Award 2009-2010 Yosemite National Park Art Museum, Yosemite Village 2007 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis 2006 Phil Gross Studio, Davis 2003 Fine Art Resource Center@Frame Wright, Sacramento Pence Gallery , Davis 1900 On-going exhibit of original paintings: landscapes, still-lifes and animal portraits. Also a selection of giclee prints on paper and canvas. Large mural currently showing in xmas gallery show. The Artery, Davis On-going landscape show with a few cows thrown in! Putah Creek Cafe, Winters Installed three public art paintings for new library Yolo County Library, Winters, Original Oil paintings and giclee prints on display Seasons Restuarant, Davis