About

Gillian, a legacy

Since training at Camberwell in the 60’s, Ross-Kelsey has created an impressive and wide ranging body of work, encompassing landscape, still life and abstract across a variety of media.

She was a lecturer at the Grimsby School of Art from 1976-1994. Gillian has won several awards and exhibited widely throughout England and Wales.

“Refreshing and delightful.” Cloughie’s Eyes

“A real pleasure to see a painter at the top of their game – and making work that is genuinely optimistic.” Cloughie’s Eyes

Words from the Zillah Bell Gallery

It is with sadness that we have to announce the death of gallery artist, Gillian Ross-Kelsey, after a short illness.

Gillian graduated from Camberwell School of Art before being award her MA at Nottingham Trent University.

Her work is bold, expressive and colourful – just like Gillian herself.

She compulsively and impulsively painted throughout her life and in 2023 we were privileged to hold a major retrospective of her work from her student days until the present – a fascinating insight into the development of an intuitive painter.