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    Pure Talent

    Aug 08, 2017 4 minutes

    Lance Ross is an established artist with over 50 years of experience, specialising in fine art, marine art and illustration. Having always dabbled in the creative arts, the bulk of Lance’s working life was spent as a freelance commercial artist, writer and one-man advertising agency, working largely within other agencies giving him a continuous supply of work. Lance’s break into the advertising industry started at 17 years of age when he was a messenger boy in an advertising agency. Without having been to art school, Lance was moved into the art department two weeks later when his boss liked the doodles he created between deliveries. This opportunity kick-started what would be a stellar career for Lance. “Luckily, I was placed at a drawing board between two

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