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Fertile Ground SALLY ROSS

ttracted to art’s mystery and magic from childhood, Sally Ross always wanted to be an artist and has dedicated her working life to looking at and thinking about painting. Thirty productive years on (and now a midcareer artist) she continues to be compelled to communicate and capture something of her life experiences in paint. Her unwavering gaze, combined with a prodigious work ethic, has enabled Ross to carve out a career that continues unabated by the pandemic. Ross works in her huge, well equipped home studio in Naarm (Melbourne), which was once the working space of author and illustrator Graeme Base. It is a studio space few

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