Christopher Russell
"Arena"
"pink mountain top"
"networking"
"fade to black" I am intrigued by Russell's work and find that we have some similarities in process. He uses his paintings as a meditation of place and nature and is continually exploring and experimenting while he paints. He is less concerned with directly depicting the natural landscapes and more concerned with getting closer to his connection with it. This is how I feel about my paintings. Russell allows his process to be visible in his paintings as he layers, erasers, and explores color, shape, and composition, instead of having that all planned out ahead of time. This is obviously apparent in the painting "arena" shown above, where Russell paints over entire areas, allowing history lines to show through. I see similarities in our work through the use of form and shape simplification. As seen in "pink mountain top" and "fade to black", Russell blocks out areas to be represented as geometrically patterned shapes/colors, where the line-work is created by edges. I could greatly improve my paintings by imitating some of Russell's technique: his use of light, formal understanding of composition, handling of the figure, assertive decisions in mark, creation of space, and when and where to use line.
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