About The Artist
Gwynne Ross
About the Artist, Gwynne Ross: Take all the crafts that I enjoy, put them together into one project and voilá, I have a doll or puppet. Love of craft inspires me to make figurative art and people are the inspiration.
I studied art at The University of Texas at Austin and have taken classes in mixed media at The Glassell School of Art, Art League Houston and Watercolor Art Society in Houston, TX. Working in a Houston photography business for over 35 years has developed my awareness of the human figure and all its different shapes and expressions.
My dolls and sculptures have been exhibited in galleries and juried exhibitions including the International Quilt Festival, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and The Jung Center.
Philanthropy is an important part of my life and I have found a way to combine it with my craft. I design and sew fabric animal pillows for The Common Thread Circle which donates soft, comforting, handmade items to patients in Houston Area Hospitals.
I am honored to be a member of the Texas Association of Original Doll Artists, Visual Arts Alliance and Watercolor Art Society Houston, where I have the opportunity to share works and ideas with fellow artists.
Member:
Texas Association of Original Doll Artists (TAODA)
Visual Arts Alliance (VAA)
Women in the Visual and Literary Arts (WiVLA)
Published
Art Doll Quarterly Magazine, Summer 2018, Jean Lafitte Hand Puppet, pg. 92
COAST Monthly Magazine, Galveston, TX, July 2017, Jean Lafitte Hand Puppet, Galveston Art League ad
Doll Advertiser Magazine, UK, 38th Edition, 2017, Serenity
Children's book: Visit To The Zoo, Story by Gwynne Ross and Illustrations by Jonathan Aizenstat, 2016
Children's book: No Time For Pizza, Story by Gwynne Ross and Illustrations by Jonathan Aizenstat, 2016
Art of the Contemporary Doll by Sandra Korinchak; hardcover published Dec, 2015, Artist Gwynne Ross
Houston Chronicle Newspaper, March 29, 2015 Escapes Section, Historical Heights Bungalo Gets Artful Addition
Cloth Dolls & Animals Magazine, Feb/Mar, 2015 Sweet Summer Sewing
Art Doll Quarterly Magazine Winter 2013, Da Ya Think I’m Sexy
Doll Collector Magazine March 2013, Fiddler
American Style Magazine Fall 2012, Hanson Galleries
Soft Dolls & Animals Magazine May 2012, Scrappy the Worm
Jewish Family Service Magazine 2012, Healing Pillows
United Methodist Women Magazine 2012, The Common Thread Circle
Soft Dolls & Animals Magazine March 2012, Bathing Beauties by Texas Artists
Soft Dolls & Animals Magazine July 2003, Dolls for Charity
Gallery Shows
TAODA Facebook Gallery Show online, 2021
Brazosport Art League, Clute TX, "Wild at Art 2", 2019
Galveston Art League, Galveston, TX, "Galveston, oh, Galveston", 2017
Brazosport Art League, Clute, TX, "Wild at Art", 2016
Galveston Art League Gallery, Galveston, TX, "Word Takes Form", 2015
International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, "Block Party 2", 2015
18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX, "Every Figure Tells a Story", 2014
Sugar Land Art Festival, Sugar Land, TX, 2013
Hanson Galleries, Houston, TX, "Cutting a Fine Figure", 2012
Las Manos Magicas Gallery, Houston, TX, "Go Figure 2", 2011
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts, Cedarburg, Wisconsin, "A Doll for all Seasons", 2011
J Bangle’s Silk Stocking Gallery, Galveston, TX, "Bathing Beauties", 2011
The Jung Center, Houston, TX, "Imagine", 2010
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX, "Dolls Now", 2010
Art C Gallery, Somerville, TX, "Go Figure-Art of the Doll", 2009
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX, "Flights of Fancy", 2007
Houston International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, "Gypsy Challenge", 2007
Brazosport Art League, Clute, TX, "Saints, Sinners & Wisecracking Women", 2007