Richmond artist S. Ross Browne is frustrated with the city’s failure to pay for the damage caused to his South Side art studio by a busted fire hydrant. He poses in this 2013 photo after the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts purchased one of his works for its collection.
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Artist wants money from city for damaged works, studio
S. Ross Browne was painting in his South Side studio at 4 a.m. Nov. 1 when he heard an explosion outside. The hydrant in front of his studio at 1100 Hull St. had burst. Water was gushing down the sidewalk and street as if the James River has suddenly flooded South Side.
