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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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