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Susan Andrina Ross
Susan Andrina Ross was born in 1915 in Port Arthur, Ontario and passed away there in 2006. In 2002 she was awarded the Order of Canada in the Visual Arts. Printmaker and painter, she took as her primary subject the Native and Inuit peoples, following in the footsteps of her uncle, the famous documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty (Nanook of the North). With her friend Sheila Burnford, author of The Incredible Journey, an animal saga that Walt Disney adapted to film, Ross traveled rough to reserves and the far north sketching portraits and capturing images of a passing way of life. Her work is valuable both for its artistry and for its historical significance.