Ross Palmer Beecher | Famous Folk

NEVER NEVER LAND (Michael Jackson), 2005
Mixed media and found objects, 29 x 57 x 2 inches
$5,000.

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JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1998-99 (detail at right)
Oil on wired tin, acrylic on wood with found objects
24 x 15.5 x 4.5 inches
$3,500.

HARRIET TUBMAN, 2003
Wire-stitched metal, paint, wood, steel wool and found objects, 24 x 16 x 4 inches
$3,200.
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IKE #1, 1999
Wire-stitched metal, paint and found objects, 25 x 15 x 2.75 inches
$3,500.
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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, 2003
Mixed media, found objects wire and costume pearls 
25 x 17 x 2.5 inches
$3,500.

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JACKIE O, 2003
Wire-stitched metal, paint, costume jewelry and found objects
17 x 12 x 6 inches
$3,200.

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63ULYSSES S. GRANT, 2002
Oil on found wood, fabric and wired metal
36 x 29 x 2.5 inches
$4,000.

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FREED U.S. SLAVES (LINCOLN), 1998
Mixed media, found objects 27 x 48 inches 
$4,500.

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PETE BROWNING, 1998
Paint on wood with found objects, 20 x 18 inches
$2,000.



Patriotism and Slavery
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STEERAGE III, 1993
Mixed media and found objects, 26 x 41 inches
$3,500.

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STEERAGE V - RYAN'S MARKET, 1997
Mixed media and found objects, 50 x 28 inches 
$3,500.

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JIM CROW, 1997
Paint on carved wood, mixed media and found objects, 29 x 31 x 2 inches
$3,200.

WTC, 2001-02
Paint on carved wood, mixed media and found objects, 54 x 42 inches
$4,800.

Beecher was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1957 and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. She moved to Seattle in 1979 and has been represented by the Greg Kucera Gallery since 1984. Beecher has created public artworks for the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Vashon Island landfill and Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. She is also the recipient of a Seattle Arts Commission?s Artist in the City Grant in 1995 and 1997. Beecher is the recipient of the Seattle Art Museum?s 2002 Betty Bowen Artist Award. Her work was recently included in Hero/Anti-Hero at the Seattle Art Museum.

Beecher was recently announced the winner of the Seattle Art Museum's Betty Bowen Memorial Award. Click here to read more: Betty Bowen.