Laverne ross biography for kids
Born in Flint at ½ Pasadena Avenue – “I didn't give my mother time to get to the hospital,” he reported with a chuckle – Ross remembers his....
The word prolific is no exaggeration when used to describe local artist, Lavarne Ross.
Better to call him a factory, producing art at a rate that could have kept up with General Motors in its heyday. While the number of paintings Ross has created in his lifetime is truly astonishing, even more incredible is the range of his subjects.
Lavarne Ross is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in Flint Institute of Arts featured Lavarne Ross's work in the past.
Every piece is original, with artistic genres ranging from abstract to portraiture.
Now through April 27, a sample of Ross’s works on paper chronicling the Vehicle City’s changes over the course of his remembrance will be exhibited at the FIA.
Other works are on display at the Greater Flint Arts Council, at Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home – fondly referred to as the L. Ross Gallery – throughout town and across the globe. “I actually don’t even know where all of my paintings have gone in the last 50 years,” Ross mused during an interview with My City Magazine at the Flint Public Library, where he introduced the pieces displayed there last month and s