Portrait of Jeanette Print

Portrait of Jerry Ross' mother Jeanette ("Geraldine") Gross. The painting depicts a positive, happy young woman. She struggled since her teens with a bipolar condition and hospitalizations. Despite her difficulties, Jeanette was known among family members and friends as a sweet. loving mother of three. She had an interest in the arts since high school. She was resonsible for Jerry's art education, enrolling him at weekend youth classes at the Buffalo Art Institute on Utica Avenue and later some private lessons with Tony Sisti. She had impeccable handwriting and, under different circumstances, probably would have been an artist herself.