Art – PTRUSSELL.COM

“Newsboy”

Happy New Year everyone

I hope 2022 is gracious and brings you a deluge of great news!!!

Newsboy represents confident resilience.

Despite the negativity that circulates in our daily lives, he is a harbinger of glad tidings.

He is also a messenger of hope, a reminder that with just a speck of faith the spoken word will yield positive results.

Let us try to be more kind to ourselves this year and decree only good things for our future.

“Newsboy”

Description: A boy wearing Government High School uniform sells newspapers On Bay Street, Nassau, Bahamas.

Medium: Oil on Gallery Canvas

Size: 12×16

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Favourite Art Supplies

Recently, I had the fine pleasure of sharing my three favourite art supplies on the Art Supply Posse Podcast.

I’ve done a fair amount of exploration with various mediums and continue to do so unapologetically.

Despite my affinity for stockpiling crafty appurtenances there are a few handy staples always on rotation in my studio.

If you are an artist, an art aficionado or just curious about art in general take a few minutes to listen in.

Email: ptrussellwrites@gmail.com for inquiries or additional information.

“Happy Hour”

A politician and a voter celebrate their government’s recent change in administration.

The artwork is a Mixed Media sketch from a collection of drawings I did dubbed, “Night Scribbles.”

Happy Hour was sketched on 9×12 Canson Watercolor paper.

Email: ptrussellwrites@gmail.com for inquiries.

“Annabelle”

The character of Annabelle was first created using only acrylic paints.

Annabelle-Mae Fox visits the Bahamas, the country of her birth after living abroad for over 20 years.

In this particualr piece, we find her at Taino Beach, Grand Bahama enjoying a moment of solitude.

In addition to acrylics, Mungyo and Sennelier oil pastels were also used in the painting.

Email: ptrussellwrites@gmail.com for inquiries.

Bahamian Totem

“Bahamian Totem” is a delightful little piece created with Oil Pastels on Sketch Paper.

Flamingo, Blue Marlin and Iguana join together for fun in the Bahamas sun.

“April”

“April” is a pointillist painting created specifically for The House of Creativity’s inaugural ‘DeClutter Day’ initiative.

The 24 hour event was held from April 9th to April 10th, 2021 on Clubhouse.

Email: ptrussellwrites@gmail.com for inquiries.

“Sacrifice”

Sacrifice serves as a visual devotional to women enduring, and who are survivors of intimate abuse. Specifically those subjected to the perfidious nature of cultural misogyny.

These beautiful women are unarmored gladiators, literally trapped in an arena with a ferocious lion.

The image was meant to depict strength in weakness and bravado during a time of great vulnerability.

I wanted “Sacrifice,” to bring awareness to defenceless women everywhere. Women confined to cages of solecism; discarded and subjected to emotional degradation.

Imprudent words are the invisible fusillade that infiltrate, decimating the mental fortitude of its victims.

A contentious episode could feel apocalyptic to anyone having to fight for the perpetuity of their dignity, and possibly even their life.

(Written by PT Russell)

“SACRIFICE,” debuted in NonBinary Review’s #23 APOCALYPSE Issue Please get your copy today!

“Secret”

SECRET

Stolen

Freedom

Innocence

Destiny

Life

“Memento”

Displays the mysterious contradiction of internal versus external realization.

It juxtaposes the exposition of the mundane behind a clandestine reality.

Memento exhibits an incongruous subject usually hidden from view, and presents it to a curious audience.