About Vicki Ross

"I believe in magic. I believe in the muse that inspires. me and in my attempt to communicate a fleeting emotion into art. I believe in art's ability to heal, first the artist, then the viewer...and if by chance my art touches your soul we both win." 

Focus

I have been involved in the arts from a young age, and a student, tutor, designer, and constant creator in all media since my 20’s. After a major life-changing event in 2001, I began creating fine art full time.

Talk about getting my attention…life handed me a doozy! Our new house burned to the ground in about an hour, Christmas morning around Santa time in 2001. We lost EVERYTHING, even our near-15 year old daughter, Sarah. While I was in a hyperbaric chamber treatment it dawned on me that life as I knew it was gone for good. I could not replace any of it. We walked out of the hospital in sweatsuits for indigents…which we were. Nothing. NOTHING!

Painting was recommended as an option for healing. Even though I had done creative stuff forever, I’d never picked up a brush.

Now for the background:

My first gig was as Design Director of Leisure Arts, with  focus in surface stitchery. A few years later, I was publisher/owner/designer of my own company, NeedleWorks. My second career as a graphic designer and co-owner of Ross Marketing followed several years later when the Macintosh computers changed the landscape of the publishing business. I was an early adopter, learning to use the new tools to ease the reproduction of charts, books, websites, and graphic design. Clients such as Chambers of Commerce, J.B.Hunt Transport, performance artists in Branson, MO, honed my skills as a computer artist in the printing/advertising industry.

My third career is as a fine artist. I studied with some of the greatest artists of today, and gained status in several international art associations. I have had art on display in Santa Fe, NM., and in Italy, France, Prague, and Salzburg, as well as other galleries in the US. Currently, my focus is abstract expressionism. I still have all the skills of my first love, Realism and Portraiture; any medium and/or style benefits the others.

Relax with me and get ready to click in to your art muse.

Mission

My mission is to "pay it forward" by sharing how the arts can influence one's soul by the creation or observation. 

Vicki's personal website is combined with Axully.com…http://www.vickirossart.com.

You will also experience an informative blog, with posts of interest to any creative person. I worked with mixed media for awhile and am pleased to see how much of that applies in Abstract expressionism. I have many YouTube videos made during that era.

Contact
info@Axully.com

Vickilou92@gmail.com