Usually, the painting becomes what it will, like it has a life of its own. The painter only struggles to let it be.
I tried to obliterate the skull - to force the painting in a different direction - but it wasn't ready to go. I've given in and decided to let it be.
About Me
- John R.P. Russell
- 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.
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