Steph Ross

I was raised an Army brat. Always moving and needing to be creative to pass the time. I started with pencil drawings as a child, and after retiring, I went on to mosaic birdhouses. My husband and I moved to New Mexico where my creative juices started to flow. I started painting with acrylics, making jewelry, and in 2010 got hooked on gourds. Starting with bowls, moving on to carving and wood burning on gourds, then making dolls, jewelry, and animals out of gourds. I now combine clay sculpting with the gourds. What an incredible feeling of freedom and expression. I enjoy the whimsical feeling people get when looking at my creations. I appeared this year for the Sierra County Artist Directory. Art is wonderful to create and makes us smile.

I participate in a large art show in Las Cruces at the convention center for 3 days, and it is always a wonderful show. I also put on a Christmas Show in Elephant Butte each year at the Elephant Butte Lake RV Resort Event Center, the Saturday after Thanksgiving and include Bigfoot Restaurant with artists as well and we call it a progressive Arts & Craft Show.