Ross Richmond (American, b. 1971), Sculptural Glass Bust

2007, blown and hot sculpted glass, dark reddish-black satin glass with fine realistic details, signed, together with a black painted iron stand.

Glass 10 x 8 x 5 in.

The Contemporary Art Collection of Francine & Benson Pilloff, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

"I was working at Tom Riley Gallery when a young man came in to see the art. He was going to begin his studies of glass blowing and was preparing himself for the experience. We became friends and he has, indeed, become a very good, respected and well known artist. It has been wonderful to watch him fulfill his goal." - Francine Pilloff

Ross started working with glass at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1991. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art with a major in Glass and a minor in Small Metals (jewelry). He has studied and taught at many prestigious glass schools across the country including the Penland School of Craft and the Pilchuck Glass School. In 1997 Ross began working as an apprentice to William Morris becoming a member of his team in 1999, working alongside Bill until his retirement in 2007. Ross has had residencies at the Tacoma Museum of Glass, Toledo Glass Museum and Corning Glass Museum in the last few years, and is in the slow process of building his own hot glass studio. Ross' pieces are typically narrative, working mainly with figurative elements and symbolic objects. His work currently shows at a number of galleries across the country and he has taught in the US and Canada.

Good condition.