Having just returned from attending three auction sales held over a period of less than one week when two of the three houses left their...

Decorated Saint John painter Fred Ross has had a varied and successful career and continues to paint at 82. An esteemed muralist, Ross had studied under Ted Campbell and Pablo O'Higgins, and met with Diego Rivera. A beloved figurative painter, Ross's works are affordable and represent a worthwhile investment.

At 81, Fred Ross shows no sign of slowing down. The Saint John artist and acclaimed Canadian muralist was decorated with the Order of New Brunswick in 2008. Alan Klinkhoff discusses Ross's œuvre and its group of connoisseurs with Kate Wallace covering provincial arts for the Telegraph Journal.

Artist Fred Ross received Order of New Brunswick. A large piece titled 'The Lady in Black' was purchased from the Klinkhoff Gallery and unveiled at the gala held in Saint John. A supplement penned by the executive director of the McMichael Foundation, Tom Smart, was published in the Telegraph Journal for the occasion.

In a showing of enthusiasm that recalled the time when gallery vernissages brought hours-long line-ups and even the occasional shoving match, buyers, friends and supporters...

Manifestant un enthousiasme qui nous rappelait l’époque ou un vernissage à une galerie d’art pouvait occasionner de longues files d’attente et même quelques bousculades parmi...

Our family has had the pleasure of representing the art of Fred Ross for more than 40 years. Fred committed more than 55 years to creating an important legacy of painting in personal interpretation of a realist style at times showing influences of Balthus and others Rivera, the latter with whom he shared the scaffold briefly.