Colleen Ross

Colleen Ross was born in Toledo Ohio. She began all of her actual painting from the age of thirteen. She was graduated from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio with a Bachelors of Science in Art Education with a minor in painting. Colleen taught art for two years in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1979, after moving to Arizona, Colleen Ross launched her professional career with the Upstairs Gallery, with several sell out one-woman shows.

In the early 1980s Colleen Ross was signed by publisher Scott Hanson, owner of several Hanson Art Galleries. Colleen had several one woman exhibitions in New York, Maui, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Sausalito, Carmel and New Orleans. She not only is known for her painting style but is also recognized for being a well-known portrait artist, most notably for her high profile clients such as portraits of Brooke Shields, Farrah Fawcett, Delta Burke, Jane Seymour and Teri Hatcher.

Colleen Ross' art career has spanned more than 20 years and her art exhibitions and work have been covered by many international media outlets including: People Magazine, UPI Press, New York Times, USA Today, Variety, San Francisco Chronicle, Barbara Walters, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, Good Morning America, Gazette (Montreal) and ABC Primetime. (Colleen's images on two paintings of Loveable dogs were used by the television show, Desperate Housewives, for several seasons).

In 2003, she was licensed by Harley Davidson.

In 2006, Colleen Ross was commissioned by Teri Hatcher to create thirteen illustrations for Hatcher's autobiography, Burnt Toast. Her illustrations were shown on ABC's Good Morning America, Primetime and Access Hollywood. She was interviewed and featured in the San Francisco Chronicle with Teri Hatcher's fond references to Colleen's art that she has collected over the years.

Colleen Ross has created a large and diverse body of work and has worked with a wide range of mediums, including clay, acid etching, lithography, silk screening, oil, acrylic, paper and fabrics. The style of her work is very colorful and theatrical, but also shows influences from the Pop and Fauvist art movements. Colleen Ross is most recognized for her paintings of women in vintage cars or on Harley bikes, but in more recent years Ross has begun to explore other subjects.