photographs of one painting taken periodically as I paint

Showing posts with label skull. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skull. Show all posts

Monday, November 9, 2009

Sunday, November 8, 2009

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

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Monday, November 2, 2009

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Friday, October 30, 2009

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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.