Fiona Ross

Fiona Ross was born in 1939 in London but came up to Scotland to live in 1972.  She took early retirement in 1991, having worked in libraries in public and private.  An Open University course in the 1970s revived her enthusiasm for painting, as did several winters of evening classes at Edinburgh  College of Art.  Her influences have been; the Scottish Colourists; Alfred Wallace; the Canadian Group of Seven and Winslow Homer.

Fiona paints mostly in gouaches and acrylics though she has begun painting in oils.  Her chief topics are water / boat scenes; around the East Neuk of Fife, Barra and Banffshire.  One day her work will focus on humankind, looking on people in a humorous or topical light. 

Her works have been included in a few mixed shows at such galleries as:

Logie Steading, Morayshire, The Leith Gallery, The Braemar Gallery, Art Forum, Milngavie, The Heron Bistro and Gallery, Pittenweem, The Little Gallery, Pittenweem, The Jerdan Gallery, Crail, The Studio Gallery, Inverness, The Ceres Gallery

Fiona says, "In February 2005, I broke my right (painting) arm and was diagnosed with having terminal bone cancer and was told I had six months to live but here I am - three years later!  My productivity is slow but painting has given a motivation to live.

"Meanwhile, I'm working on quite a few commissions and 18 months ago began driving around to galleries again."

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