Ross Palmer Beecher

Ross Palmer Beecher (born 1957) is a contemporary mixed media artist who creates "quilts, flags, portraits of famous film directors and American folk heroes, and other types of objects from aluminum cans and found objects". She lives and works in Seattle.

Early life and education Ross Palmer Beecher was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1957. She studied painting, printmaking, and illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. She left school after two years to move to Seattle, where she took odd jobs, "deli work, parking cars, and working in a laundromat".

Critical reception

Beecher's art has been well-received by critics. According to Kangas, her artworks "gained regional and national attention in galleries, museums, and private and public art collections". Kangas wrote that her early art has links to the work of unlettered artists but is "quirky enough (in technique and subject) to separate her out from true Outsider or folk art". According to Wagonfeld, her works pay homage to the folk art genre, while satirizing the elitist art world, and her glitzy metal quilts honor women's work as art. Artist Trust fellowship (2005)