photographs of one painting taken periodically as I paint

Monday, November 30, 2009

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Friday, November 27, 2009

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Monday, November 23, 2009

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Friday, November 20, 2009

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Monday, November 16, 2009

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Friday, November 13, 2009

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Painting 027







studio note

The eraser is the best drawing tool.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Painting 025







studio note

Years ago, after I described the way I paint to one of my art teachers (Jeff Fulmer) he asked me, "Is that art, or art therapy?"

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Friday, November 6, 2009

Painting 023






studio note

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.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Monday, November 2, 2009

Sunday, November 1, 2009

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About Me

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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.