Ross Baines is a British Painter known for doing portraits of professional Boxers, Athletes, and Musicians.

^[5] He does original art and also does commissions.

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Ross is a native of England, a place where he as lived for most of his life.

^[4]He lives with his wife and two children in the county of Essex.

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For many years, Ross worked as a Decorator, and would also paint and sell his art on the side.

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After years of working as a decorator and doing other gigs related to art on the side, Ross became a sought after painter of Boxers and MMA fighters.

^[4] He first heard about a fundraising for Nick Blackwell, and thought perhaps he could help by doing his part.

So he took the time to craft a painted portrait of Blackwell from a photograph and offered it as part of the charity auction.

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He then took to Twitter and asks other boxers and fighters if they would willing to share the painting as a way to help raise more funds.

The twitter campaign became successful and Ross acquired a lot of fans and support.

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Several days after Joe Rogan interviewed Elon Musk on his podcast, Ross began to work on a painting that resembled the moment when the entrepreneur inhaled the Blunt given to him by Rogan.

^[1]He shared process on his Social media, including a time-lapse video of himself working on the portrait.

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He named the painting, "J.R.Elon"

and after the painting was done, 100 prints were made with Baines' autograph on the paintings along with the number of the piece. ^[5]Rogan

went on to buy one of them and has framed in his studio. ^[0]