Russell Pulford

Lives and works in Sydney NSW, Australia

Artist statement

My Art? It is simply interpretation, thats all. I work with acrylic paints, adding gel allows me to push and pull the paint around, to blend it and importantly achieve that impasto style. Nature and our environment is the motivation behind my landscape painting. Our environment needs to be managed with great care, it is heart breaking to see the continual lack of respect shown by so many for something so important and beautiful. I hope my work provides a reminder of an environment in better times free of plastic litter, fracking or reservoirs of coal ash for example. There are so many beautiful places to visit and paint. I have many favourite places. How do I start? Well it's simple. I have either photographic references from visits to particular places or perhaps supplied by a client. I prefer to paint in the flat. Painting for me is a form of meditation, I am transported to the subject that I am working on. I am reminded of the time, the smells, the feeling and in particular the realisation of how insignificant we as humans are in the whole scheme of things, present as we are for such a short time it is critical that our interaction with our surroundings is a positive one. How would I like viewers of my artwork to respond? Positively of course, I would hope that their curiosity is aroused and that they are enticed by the different textures which hold their attention as they find themselves in the heart of the work.

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