Alan Ross

"I started painting as young boy under tuition from my older sister and even managed to win a prize at the local Leek Show for a portrait of that same sister (I must confess, she assisted greatly with the finished product).  However I didn’t pursue this promising start and instead enlisted in the navy at 15yrs of age - keen to travel and see the world.

On return to civilian life many years later, now married with a family and living on the West Coast of Scotland, I started painting Animal Portraits in oils on black velvet.  Exhibiting them to my colleagues in the local factory produced astounding results; I was given hundreds of commissions for every type of cat, dog and horse in existence, plus pigeons, parrots and even goldfish!  Factory closure and new employment brought me to Dalgety Bay and the Art Club, where I now run two very enthusiastic art classes within the club covering Watercolour, Acrylics and Pastels.

 
I paint in all mediums and cover all subjects, but above all I enjoy painting Marine Art in oils, where my seagoing experience assists greatly with the technical aspects of the compositions."