CHAPPELL HILL — Nita Ross notes that her earliest infatuation with art might well be traced back to her elementary school days in a little country school where her father was farming rice nearby on Matagorda County’s Colorado River. “It was one of the most fun to do things in a country school,” she recalls.
Today her tasteful paintings, most often featuring vibrant colors, are extremely prized additions to a number of homes in Washington County, Greater Houston and an ever-widening area.
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