photographs of one painting taken periodically as I paint

Monday, October 19, 2009

studio note

It becomes unimportant whether or not I like my painting. The point is to act - not to produce. The point is to paint.

2 comments:

  1. Debbie Jencsik:
    "in answer to so many questions once pondered this wonderful artist had the same profound sentiments...'just paint a picture!' -in memory of Robert Loder"

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  2. I have found myself thinking lately how less and less important it is to produce a "sucessful" painting or drawing. For me, it is what I come across.. not what I produce.

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Fr. John R.P. Russell is a husband, a father of four, and a priest for the Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Parma. He is the administrator of St. Stephen Byzantine Catholic Church in Allen Park, Michigan. He is also a lifelong painter, particularly influenced by abstract expressionism and iconography. He has an M.Div. from the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Ss. Cyril and Methodius and a B.A. in art with a minor in religion from Wabash College.