24 Years in Silence
Russ takes the passion of painting into a realm of knowing what our inner self looks like healed from trauma and chaos. Having studied meditation for decades, in silence, with Masters from across the globe, his paintings reflect the connection to the deeper aspects of self, the universe, and a language which is non verbal.
Bold, powerful, reflective and dynamic.
Influenced as a painter and designer by his mother, his work as a painter, sculpture, furniture and environments designer allows his work to be organic, fluid, soothing while allowing bold statements to emerge.
From a very early age, he began to paint and meditate. By age 8, he was creating artworks that had merit. He moved to New York at age 20 and studied with an Italian Master for several years. He opened a conservation business, while also painting and exhibiting there.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1989 and began a deeper exploration of shapes and colors as art while going into a deeper aspect of meditation. He stopped painting in 1992 and began focusing on custom environments and furniture as art.
He made a choice of going into complete silence in the early 2000’s to further his spiritual practice and explore art as a language that is non verbal. He has the gift of seeing and feeling people’s energy by being in their presence and the capacity of painting them in shapes and colors, from the energy being present as a frequency, which he has explored in depth since 2001.
In 2012 after spending 10 years immersed in complete silence he began painting again. Today, he lives in silence, is prolific beyond comprehension, paints large scale pastels and oils, and creates amazing pieces of furniture & environments.
