At the urging of a mutual artist friend, I emailed Beverly seeking technical advice and to ask if she taught drawing classes. Instead of responding in a perfunctory way (or not at all), she surprised me by suggesting we meet at a local coffee house. So, on a cold December afternoon we met, hunkered down at a corner table, and discussed art for hours! Beverly gave me invaluable advice, names of artists whose work I should see, materials I should try. She was the art mentor I’d never found. I’ve worked in the art world for a long time and have developed a certain cynicism over how self-centered and competitive artists can be. And yet here was this incredible woman, an artist whose work I admire tremendously, spending her afternoon helping a complete stranger overcome artistic obstacles. I left feeling humbled, grateful, and connected to a greater good. Beverly Ress is a wonderful human being, a wise and generous teacher, and an extremely talented artist. My goodness, any university should consider themselves lucky to have her on staff!

Thank you, Amy, for providing me with this opportunity to write about Beverly Ress.

Thanks for writing about her artwork.

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so I’m working on the ‘making her famous’ part for her. because I know she’s worth it and I can see it in the horizons, her work is serious and quiet, it draws you in and then keeps you captive. I’m the not so quiet one, and I happen to be aggressive and work hard to promote those artists that I believe in, I am happy to have discovered her work at Maryland Art Place in Baltimore, MD and thrilled to be showing it to more people in Baltimore and beyond. We’ll see it soon at Jordan Faye Contemporary in the late spring/ early summer of 2008!