Russell Viewandvoid

Russell (Russ) Viewandvoid is a Danish artist born in Tallinn, Estonia.
His paintings spring from a fascination with abstract impressionism and form a dialogue with influential painters across time.
(The earliest works were all small-scaled figurative paintings. Later, abstract colour surfaces became a more dominant motif.)

ARTIST STATEMENT

I am a painter inspired by my life experiences as well as the works of avant garde and abstract impressionism painters across art history.
I see art as a way of expressing my dreams and vision and to be in creative dialogue with influences as diverse as Filonov and Rothko, Diebenkorn and Le Brun.
My recent work revolves around a concept I call View and Void. "View and Void" is an exploration of the meanings and potentials of expanding consciousness.
"Views" are serial works alluding to the reproducibility of Pop Art yet minutely crafted. Like window images different versions of a crudely outlined central image are repeated against subtle lyrical backgrounds.
"Voids" are inspired by the mysteries of the physical world. These paintings celebrate colours in "the void". That is, the spaces in between objects or beings; spaces commonly believed to be empty.
My paintings begin life as simple drawing...