All You Ever Wanted to Know About Ros
Finding adjectives to describe Ros Hill’s art is simple. What proves to be harder, and ultimately unnecessary, is pinning a label on what he does. In short, Ros Hill is an artist whose work defines a rich new territory of the imagination, a realm where the precision and detail of the graphic arts meets warmth, passion and wit.
The popularity of Hill’s humor has been gaining momentum ever since he left his United Parcel Service delivery job in 1999 to take on his art full-time. “You wouldn’t think that much creativity would come out of a brown truck,” says Hill, “but my mind had a tendency to wander while driving the back roads of Texas .” Often, he would sketch his ideas down on delivery notices or even on the dusty sides of his delivery truck.
After 13 years at UPS, Hill reached a crossroads in his life. Would he continue delivering packages or write out a business plan and take a leap of faith with his art? He chose the latter and has not had time to look back since. While the majority of his paintings have dealt with African wildlife (inspired from his backpack journey throughout southern Africa ), Hill also enjoys developing his skewed sense of humor with other subjects such as: golf, aerospace, the undersea world, Manhattan , and the Arctic.
Some of his accomplishments are:
- He will debut his first children’s book in October 2005 titled, “Shamoo---A Whale of a Cow”, which he has written and illustrated. It is the story about a cow who loves to swim, but gets lost at sea, only to be rescued by a humpback whale. A second book is already in the works for 2006.
- Articles about him in several national art magazines include: Art Business News, US Art, Greetings Etc., and Inform Art.
- US Art magazine profiled Hill as one of 25 emerging artists in the country, and selected him as one of six national artists to watch for in their “Generation Next” list.
- His original paintings are exhibited at Art Expo International in New York City where he discovers many of his collectors.
- The image “Catapult” was nominated for a Louie Award in New York City at the 2000 National Stationary Show.
- His art is sold in stores around the U.S. as well as in Japan.
Ros lives in San Marcos, Texas where his wife and three children act as self-appointed critics of his work.