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Following Fulton Ross
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Divine Love
A new exhibition by visual artist Gale Fulton Ross provides an avantgarde retrospective on Christianity's iconic depictions of the Virgin Mary, building on the concept of the Black Madonna. The works pay homage to the universal themes of feminine strength, unconditional nurturing and spiritual love.
A collection of 10 masterful paintings will be on display at the Art Center of Sarasota for four weeks in March. Limited editions of the artwork will be produced in a range of sizes from 9 x 10 inches to 30 x 40 inches. Each print will be custom-created, numbered and signed by the artist.
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Divine Love
An Exhibition by Gale Fulton Ross
Art Center of Sarasota
March 1 - March 31, 2025
707 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236
A Portrait in Honor of Rachel Skerritt
Fulton Ross was commissioned by the prestigious Boston Latin School to paint a portrait in honor of former Head of School Rachel Skerritt. Ms. Skerritt earned the title of Emerita for her years of distinguished work as an educator and leader at the historic public school, which is the oldest school in the United States.
Shown here are Ms. Skerritt and the artist at the unveiling of the portrait in November 2024.
The Summer of Baldwin's Centennial
2024 marked the 100th anniversary of the birthday of the profound and prolific writer, James Baldwin. To celebrate, Fulton Ross produced a series of portraits of Baldwin and his contemporaries.
During her early years as an artist in New York City, Fulton Ross had the extraordinary opportunity to meet Baldwin. Their meeting had an outsize influence on the younger artist, setting her on a career of independent thought and creativity. She gives that influence expression in the scale of a double portrait of Baldwin, shown above. Each is image is 6 x 8 feet, rendered as mixed-media silk screen on canvas.
The Baldwin murals are complemented by the series Baldwin and Friends, a collection of images of the groundbreaking Black artists who socialized in the same circles and knew the writer as "Jimmy". Each portrait in this series is mixed-media oil and acrylic on stretched canvas.
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A sampling of the friends of Baldwin is shown below.
