In Nature, everything is unique and constantly evolving on its own path. The mysterious energy that flows in the universe and unfolds nature’s turmoil is what Russell captures as it communicates with him. For him, Art is the language to express the inexplicable truth, a metaphor of the truth. What Russell captures is the abstraction that Nature expresses. In his words, “The mind is the canvas where we can paint or even repaint thoughts with the color of nature and each time with a very different experience.”

It is difficult to elucidate Russell’s creation in few words. One may say all of them are just distorted images captured mostly out of garbage, spit, shooting plaster from the wall and so on which we often don’t care to notice. But this is not the way to look at such works. The nature of such observation can only be learnt at childhood.   

It was the time when Russell’s family lived in Nandankanon, an area that can be described as being pretty crowded and full of middle class families who lived in a very careless mood of privacy. Most of the afternoons were spent walking on the boundary walls in between the clustered buildings with his curious mind. At that age he grew most interest in the abandoned things people threw away at the back of buildings. He was fascinated by the story objects carried. It was a restless discovery of colorful glyphs, from rusty doors or damaged materials or the texture of a naked wall that evolved into interesting shapes and figures to be fantasized by a child’s imagination. In the mid of 2007, he bought his first android mobile set of sonny Ericsson 750i brand with camera compatibility. It was a lovely camera powerful enough to capture the depth of a field. That was the beginning of his journey as a visual artist. 

Here is a tiny presentation of Russell’s art work named `Abstraction by Nature’ arranged by Chitrobhasha Gallery. We hope, as an artistry fellow these might communicate with you.

Regards

Moinul Alam