Ponte Vedra Recorder · November 12, 2015
Community News 35
Russ Wilson to present new
show at First Coast Gallery
Quiet, introspective images of side
streets and empty windows dominate Russ Wilson’s world.
“My earliest experiences of the
world were through the side windows of an old Pontiac, as our family made endless trips throughout
the South and beyond,” Wilson said.
“Travelling through town after
town, I began to envision the life
that went on behind those faded facades and beyond the rolling hills.
My job becomes part artist, part director, as I script the narrative of an
image.”
Wilson’s work has a timeless quality, a play of light and shadow that
reflects the influences of some of his
heroes, artists like Edward Hopper
and Andrew Wyeth.
His latest show will appear at the
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