https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-09-25 https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/contact-1 daily 0.75 2020-11-28 https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/resume daily 0.75 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1c06018e72e5fdb193066/1606533221951/Ross+Brewer_2020+Resume+for+website-1.png Resume https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/the-artist daily 0.75 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5f6d7739879f4a6cb92159ad/1601009482206/Self+POrtrait+for+Website.jpg The Artist - The Man of the Madness Ross P. Brewer Ross Peyton Brewer is a Texas-native born artist, animator, and game developer. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/a-statement-from-the-artist daily 0.75 2020-11-28 https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home daily 1.0 2020-09-24 https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/squat-man monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1e6b7fa04221c71645708/1606543056334/Squat+Man+in+Acrylic.jpg Home - Squat Man - Squat Man 16x20” inches Acrylic on Canvas 2019 This piece was done in acrylic in multiple layers, though to be honest it felt like I was just treading the same ground when painting it. That being said I believe the results peak for themselves and the effort was paid off. My only complaint were the comments I received from my peers, claiming it had a "sexual energy" to it? https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/shot-of-a-lifetime monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1e74cf3de5e49b5a969c7/1606543187674/Shot+of+a+life+time.jpg Home - Shot Of A Lifetime - Shot of A Lifetime 24x30” inches Acrylic on Canvas 2019 Taken in the moment of a passing bus driving through the bar across the street from the university art building. It was the shot of a moment, a shot I only knew to take via the slow lull of the lumbering bus engine announcing itself as it prepared to turn the corner. The earthy dark greens against the intensely saturated colors makes it an oddly pleasant eye teaser. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/hand-painting monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1e56af8cdb769c6283aa8/1606542716828/HandPainting Home - Hand Painting - Hand Painting 18x24” inches Acrylic on Canvas 2020 An abstract made of a culmination of many things in my life: my personal style of abstracts, the shapes I drew as a young boy, and the grappling of my pain with a recent diagnosis of Kiensboch’s. It’s meant to symbolize the actual pain in my body and my frustration and dread not knowing what caused it. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/zorn-pallette monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1e84918e72e5fdb1ced36/1606543482141/Clown+Zorn+Study.jpg Home - Zorn Palette - Zorn Palette Study 11x14” Inches Acrylic on Canvas 2018 The Zorn palette! The Zorn Palette... What can I say about the Zorn palette? Its an interesting earthy collection of colors to play with, but I'm much more a fan of something vibrant and colorful then this. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/futter-bus monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1e7669b1ed0353820da9e/1606543275782/Futter+Bus.jpg Home - Futter Bus - Futter Bus 11x14” inches Acrylic on Canvas 2019 An exercise in nonsense. I grew up drawing these weird organic shapes all the time as a kid. The way this worked was a color field, then a abstract geometric figure, and finally the abstract markings above it. All done in acrylic. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/figur-study-in-blue monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1e63f3485235c860b91f0/1606542955432/Grisaille+in+blue.jpg Home - Figure Study in Blue - Figure Study in Blue 18x24” inches Acrylic on Canvas 2020 My First figure study painting with an under painting done in black and white. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/a-study-in-oil monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1ed1e2dd96f591834334c/1606544710896/Clown+oil+study.jpg Home - A Study in Oil - A Study in Oil 16x24” inches Acrylic underpainting with Oil glaze on Canvas 2019 This may be one of the pieces that helped cement my aversion to oils, not just because of how difficult it is to get right with its ratios, but how quickly it can ruin your cloths; and my day. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/an-organic-color-grid monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1ed08e6d49a06bbd7d2d4/1606544656765/Organic+Grid+Acrylic.jpg Home - An Organic Color Grid - An Organic Color Grid 16x24” inches Acrylic on Canvas 2018 This was an exercise where we were told to draw a grid then render in different shades over the regions. I opted for something much more fluid and dynamic then standard and geometric, as I thought it would be more fun. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/true-beauty monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1ec979ee0f32b879844b1/1606544545245/Self+Portrait.jpg Home - True Beauty - True Beauty 16x20” inches Acrylic on Canvas 2018 I opted for something more realistic, an ugly if exaggerated grimace. Making sure to pay attention to my balding, the neck-beard that was growing out of line, my crinkled nose, my deep seated eyes, and just all my little flaws. I don't see myself as interesting or as something beautiful, and I don't understand the necessity of projecting a constant image of perfect beauty. Its an utter falsehood, a crafted farce. I'd much rather live and paint in an honest truth. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/hold-your-breath-dont-drown monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5f6d823f8268183a55391870/1601012304454/HoldYourBreath Home - Hold Your Breath, Don't Drown - Hold Your Breath Digitally Painted in Clip Studio Paint 2019 A Successful experiment in photo-bashing, a technique of chopping, editing, and altering ready made images into a new product, like collage with a purpose. A technique used heavily in concept art fields. I wanted to recreate the opening line in Neuromancer, the image of the Sprawl, of “The Sky was Turned the Color of Television on Open Static”. The idea of this heavy megalopolis, powerful, bright, toxic, muggy, and grim. More then that I wanted to touch on the idea of the death of the individual, as far as men are concerned; that we are on the brink of a new era where the only true individuals are the biggest most well known corporations. A highly cyberpunk idea. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/an-exercise-in-the-old-school monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5f6d830aa18b962b6f84bc86/1601012493558/Attempt_at_Zoetrope_for_class._on_projector.clip_finished_product.gif Home - An Exercise in the Old School - A Blueprint for Old School Digitally Animated in Clip Studio Paint 2019 A proof of concept I had developed for an “audience-powered” Zoetrope, and how it might work in the gallery setting. I wanted the viewer the chance to see the body in motion, to witness animation, and to feel their own part in making the image move. To, in a way, get them to understand the amount of work that goes into the moving picture, that animation is not just a movie. It is a series of over several hundred thousand paintings in sequence with backing music and dialogue. Just something beautiful I hope to get the chance to make again one day. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/only-one-way-to-earn-spurs monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1ebd01972c46e3ce3af8c/1606544393153/Spurs.jpg Home - Only One Way To Earn Spurs - Only One Way To Earn Spurs 16x20” inches Acrylic on Canvas 2018 Believe it or not, I'm not lying when I say these are my spurs. Meaning they are MY spurs, I earned them as anyone else would: Falling off a horse and getting back on it. The real story is more exciting to tell in person, I promise you that, but the spurs really do symbolize something I've internalized as I've gotten older. That its not the one time you finally succeed that counts, but every time you've tried before that does. Every failure builds you up, makes you stronger and smarter and ready try again. And I may fail, then I go back and try again and come back smarter, then I may fail again. So on and so on. Its the path any person has to walk in this life. More then that, its the lifestyle of every artist before me and every artist after. To try, fail, learn, grow, and fail again. These spurs helped teach me that failure is not final, its just learning. And I should never be too prideful to learn, and always spur onward. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/my-first-study-in-charcoal monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1ecb6e6d49a06bbd7ce54/1606544572787/Charcoal+Study.jpg Home - My First Study in Charcoal - First Study in Charcoal 18x24” inches Charcoal on Strathmore 2018 The First true study of everything I learned in Drawing I. There’s a funny story to this, too. The truth is when I did this drawing it was in a class I had already completed, but the credits were not accepted by my institution. However they did accept the credits I earned for Drawing II. Meaning I had essentially passed 3rd grade, but they needed me to pass 2nd grade. It was frustrating to say the least, but what is life without the work. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/tone-paper-life-study monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1eccfe18c5c478e40fa4f/1606544602716/Charcoal+Toned+Paper+Study.jpg Home - Tone Paper Life Study - Toned Paper Study 18x24” inches Charcoal on Toned Paper 2018 Drawing I project focused on using tone paper when paired with a still life for reference. While I appreciate what efficiency toned paper might provide for this kind of work, I much prefer working end to end with charcoal, though I’d be remiss to say that the white conte adds something to the piece. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/the-best-material-to-paint-in monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1eac0a97599144e3c5730/1606544074597/Acrylic+STudy.jpg Home - The Best Material to Paint In - The Best Material To Paint In 11x14” inches Acrylic on Canvas 2019 This is the acrylic twin done as the first project for Brian Campbell's Painting I course. Opposed to its Oil based brother, the acrylic painting carries a lot more of the details I was unable to bring about in the oil painting. I attribute this to its quicker drying time which allowed me to patch out and work in details and mistakes at a far faster rate and with much less mess then I could with oil. It helped cement my love affair for acrylic as scandalous as it is to say. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/not-for-the-fishes-not-for-me monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1ea703c6ccf69f3a31dde/1606544032285/Oil+Study.jpg Home - Not For The Fishes, Not For Me - Not For The Fishes, Not For Me 11x14” inches Oil on Canvas 2019 This is my last flirtation with oil painting. It is lacking most of the in depth details its acrylic twin has. Painting with oil has always been difficult for me. I paint with a heavy hand you see, and often begin most of my project with big globs of color before refining them out. I quickly learned that this strategy is not the greatest for oil painting. Or painting in general. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/study-with-gravity-and-fabric monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1e9cff81c9a2a0ce6ede0/1606543833378/Fabric+Study+in+Charcoal.jpg Home - Study with Gravity and Fabric - Study with Gravity and Fabric 16x24” inches Charcoal on Vellum 2020 A difficult study showing how light and darkness, intertwined, helps to create and solidify the image of depth. It was unpleasant to do, to say the least. Knots are nothing to sneeze at in terms of difficulty. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/gesture-with-light monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1eb0b173fb5383be7d456/1606544149586/Gesture+with+Light+Study.jpg Home - Gesture with Light - Gesture With Light 16x24” inches Charcoal on Newsprint 2020 I’ve never been a stranger to gestures, I’ve done them all my life. But I haven’t done any where the goal was to attempt to render the form as accurately and as quickly as possible. It’s definitely a useful exercise in something I don’t spend a lot of time focusing on. I’m much more particular about the art of mark making then the art of rendering, but doing this has helped me changed my way of thinking. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/gesture-in-sequence-part-1 monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1e93b2dd96f591833ed01/1606543737343/Gesture+STudies+1.jpg Home - Gesture in Sequence Part 1 - Gesture In Sequence 1 16x24” inches Charcoal on Newsprint 2020 A gesture exercise done using an entire action as reference, following and drawing the energy in motion of one model performing a bombastic physical action. It starts at the middle, goes to the bottom, then goes to the top from right to left. As the figures go on the body becomes more solidified and the limbs less off proportion. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/gesture-in-sequence-part-2 monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1e913a97599144e3c3695/1606543651853/Gesture+in+Sequence+2.jpg Home - Gesture in Sequence Part 2 - Gestures In Sequence 2 16x24” inches Charcoal on Newsprint 2020 A continuation of the last exercise, starting at the top—left-to-right—then the second row, same thing. Here you can see the follow-through of the energy of the pose that began in the last one, as well as the accuracy of the limb proportion and torso. Something I’m proud of. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/a-charcoal-study-in-repose monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5fc1e8904f9837572024c669/1606543563752/Figure+in+Repose+in+Charcoal.jpg Home - A Charcoal Study in Repose - A Charcoal Study In Repose 8x10” inches Charcoal on Strathmore Paper 2020 A charcoal study of a figure in repose. The goal was to capture the concrete shadow edge quality by the term of the assignment, however my personal goal was to capture an accurate replication of the figure, one without relying on tracing, projectors, printing larger papers, etc. An earnest attempt at sighting. My greatest regret was the piece was done on a small piece of sketchbook paper, rather then a larger piece of RFK, Strathmore, or even newsprint. Had I done this larger, I would have had an easier time rendering in all the subtle little details that became difficult to touch without wildly misbalancing another part of the piece. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/home/figure-in-sequence-in-sequence monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5f6d89573806394155af5864/1601014117482/FiguresInSequenceInSEQUENCE Home - Figure in Sequence in SEQUENCE - Figures in Sequence in SEQUENCE 18x24” inches Charcoal on Newsprint 2020 The images from the first to Figures in Sequence posts photographed, and set to sequence by the order they were drawn, mimicking the original source material, as least as much as a gesture study can. Believe it or not, drawing all those figures was the easy part, setting them as an animation like this? That took the most time. https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/work daily 0.75 2020-09-25 https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/work/have-a-nice-day-ba3an monthly 0.5 2020-05-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5f6d703c7decc556271f3193/1562780732764/Type-Vol.-1-3-3.jpg Work - Have a Nice Day https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/work/abilities-kgmpk monthly 0.5 2019-07-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5f6d703c7decc556271f317e/1562780732755/Type+Vol.+2+3-3.jpg Work - Abilities https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/work/tex-mex-t-rex-geszc monthly 0.5 2019-07-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5f6d703c7decc556271f313f/1562774119716/ Work - Tex-Mex T-Rex https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/work/gary-gators-locksmith-h685l monthly 0.5 2019-07-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5f6d703c7decc556271f3169/1562774137660/ Work - Gary Gators Locksmith https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/work/the-pay-off-h3cly monthly 0.5 2019-07-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5f6d703c7decc556271f3154/1562774129228/Type-Vol.-1-2-3.jpg Work - The Pay Off https://www.rossbrewersgallery.com/work/comfort-wants-you-dead-ld3bg monthly 0.5 2019-07-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f6d1f3f7b3b363a2bcc00a8/t/5f6d703c7decc556271f3129/1562208567428/ Work - Comfort Wants You Dead