Michael Knud Ross is both a plein-aire painter and a studio painter; he often takes the same canvas -- or pad of watercolor paper -- from the field to the studio and back again so he can blend insights gained from nature with insights gained from imagination. In his teaching, Michael focusses as much on the philosophical as on the formal and technical. Michael took his degree in anthropology at the University of Maryland, and also studied with the landscape painter Walt Bartman and with the narrative painter Odd Nerdrum in Norway and Iceland.
Michael grew up in Scandinavia, spent much of his life in the Washington, DC area, and currently lives in San Francisco. Twelve of his public sculptures remain on view in Washington DC, where he also regularly exhibits his paintings. His recent solo show at Geras-Tousignant gallery in San Francisco highlighted 20 paintings of the sea; Michael is currently working on paintings of meadows, marshes, and bird life. For more details, visit www.michaelrossart.com
