NOT ELIGIBLE FOR IN-HOUSE SHIPPING.Russ Ball holds a BFA degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. and took graduate courses in painting and printmaking at the University of New Mexico. After his release from the Army, Russ moved to New Mexico and became enchanted with the landscape. He painted watercolors of the boulders in Tijeras Canyon, just east of Albuquerque, selling in a gallery in Taos, N.M. to pay for University of New Mexico classes. In 1977 Russ Ball spent three months touring Europe and, while touring Greece, worked with teachers and students of the Art Academy of Athens. This European experience affects the lyrical and symbolic qualities of his artwork to this day. Overall 48" high x 35-1/2" wide.