E. Ross MacCulloch, Marine Artist

You can read a short biography or view the following sample works of art:

• The Lighthouse at Cape Spear in Newfoundland
• Fish For Dinner, catching fish the traditional way from a dorey
• Sailing, a big schooner heading to windward
• At The Beach 1 2, two beach scenes, a favorite subject of Ross's
• Crashing Waves, one of the magnificent ocean scenes Ross was well known for
• The Skaters 1 2, two winter scenes painted at William's Lake in Halifax
• Snowballs, a winter scene of children having fun. The location is a former parking lot across from the Cunard Oil Company tanks at the south end of Water Street in Halifax.
• Clyde Street, a painting of the houses on Clyde Street in Halifax.
• The tropics, a painting of the house he lived in at Key West in Florida
• Leaves, a melancholy painting showing his somber side.
• Drifting and Dreaming, the water as flat as glass, and fog swirling in the background give this painting a feeling of tranquility.

A small number of original artworks are still available for sale. Anyone interested may send mail and I will be glad to provide details and prices on what is still available.

We are also in the process of developing some miniature and full size reproductions of the originals that will be for sale in the near future.

E. Ross MacCulloch, A short biography

Born in Halifax in May, 1950, he considered himself fortunate that his parents provided and encouraged lessons in the arts and music. From a very early age, Ross showed a strong talent for painting and art.

In his teens, Ross studied first with John Cook and Alan Wylie. When he finished highschool, he then went to the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. He then began a long friendship with Anthony Law and Jane Shaw , with whom he studied art and enjoyed many painting expeditions.

When he was 16 years old, Ross established his first gallery connection at Zwicker's Gallery in Halifax. He was 20 when his first one-man show was held at Gallery 1667.

Following his first show, Ross steadily worked on his art and a few years later embarked to Europe taking an art history course offered through the University of Calgary. His travells took him to Rome, Florence and Italy. After that, he often went to Europe travelling to Greece and Italy. He had attributed his great love of the classics to his time in Europe.

Ross then took a degree in modern languages at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

In the late 1970's, Ross found gallery's in other areas, including the prestigious Klinkoff Gallery in Montreal, Kensington Gallery in Calgary, and the Art Emporium in Vancouver, to represent him. By 1980 he was well represented across Canada.

In 1983, James Hunt Barker, who had galleries in New York, Palm Beach and Nantucket and who used to be Jack Gray's dealer featured a show of Ross's work in Palm Beach. Ross had work in the Darvish Collection in Naples Florida and in a gallery in Key West.

In the late 80's and early 90's, Ross stayed in Nova Scotia living first at Duncans Cove and later in Chester.

In 1993, Ross succumbed to AIDS and died quietly at home in August of 1993.

In the last two years of his life, Ross lobbied government to provide a more accessable home care for the terminally ill. His efforts, cut short by his death, did not go unnoticed and the advent of home care services was accelerated by his efforts.