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http://www.maryrossbuchholz.comMary Ross Buchholz
M
ary Ross Buchholz’s charcoal
and graphite drawings
seem timeless and impart a
simplicity without other distractions. She
relishes in creating the portrait, whether
the subject is an animal or person; she
enjoys subtlety rendering the details,
the different textures and the individual
characteristics of her subjects.
Buchholz wants her work to captivate
the viewer both up close and from a
distance. The eye is often the focal point
of her artwork and she enjoys creating a
luminous and liquid eye. As they say, “the
eye is the window to the soul.”
Buchholz uses plane changes and a
wide range of values to describe form,
which in turn gives her work a realistic
and three-dimensional quality.
Buchholz deliberately leads the
viewer’s eye around various areas of
her drawings. This can be achieved by
designing works with strong compositions,
interesting lighting and the use of negative
space. Another important aspect of her
work is having areas of rest. Buchholz
explains that much like beautifully
composed music, art needs areas of rest or
areas that have less detail or only subtlety
suggested detail. It is all a balancing act in
creating an intriguing piece of artwork.
Buchholz invites visitors to attend
her spring shows. She is honored to
participate in each of these shows
and has been working particularly
hard on her show pieces for the three-
person exhibition at InSight Gallery in
Fredericksburg, Texas, from April 5 to 26.
She also is exhibiting in the gallery’s Texas
Masters show March 1 to 25; will have
work in the March in Montana auction
from March 21 to 23; and Night of Artists
at the Briscoe Western Art Museum,
which has its opening March 29 to 30.Place of Honor – Goat Skull, charcoal and graphite, 15 x 25"ARTIST FOCUS
Ranch Romance, charcoal and graphite, 16 x 19"She’s
Starting
Well,
charcoal
and
graphite,
20 x 19"