Ross Palmer Beecher, Flashlight Study #2, 2019 Oil paint, wired tin, rocks, and found objects, 26 x 10.5 x 1.5 in

Ross Palmer Beecher is a Seattle-based mixed media artist whose practice spans quilts, flags, portraits of American folk heroes, and sculptural objects made from scavenged materials such as aluminum cans, found metal, wood, fabric, and porcelain She grew up in the Northeast U.S., studied painting, printmaking, and illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design, and moved to Seattle in 1978.

Beecher's work is deeply rooted in Americana folk art forms such as quilting, New England funerary art, offbeat flag-making, and visionary/outsider art. She also draws inspiration from the material transgressions of contemporary sculptors like Joseph Cornell, Robert Rauschenberg, and the Italian Arte Povera movement

Beecher's work is in the collection of the Museum of Northwest Art, Portland Art Museum, and Seattle Art Museum, among others.

The winner of this piece will have the opportunity to have a private tour of Beecher's upcoming solo exhibition, Ross Palmer Beecher: Speaking in the Vernacular, on view at MoNA from June 20 to September 20, 2026, plus a copy of the forthcoming catalogue signed by the artist.