![Pylons 2, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 16x20](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Pylons-II.jpg)
HERE AND NOW
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THERE IS a journalistic element to my artwork. I am telling a story in the best way I know how, about the age and place I live in, in something resembling real time.
![Campsite, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 16x12](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Campsite.jpg)
THIS IS both privilege and obligation. My job is to witness, record, and try to make sense of my experience — not just for my own edification, but to the benefit of others. My aim is to capture and share something of the beauty, love, and mystery I see and feel in this miraculous life, antidotes to fear and despair.
The inspiration for these stories is sometimes obvious, sometimes not. I can better express my inner world with pictures than words. The results are sometimes enigmatic, unfiltered and raw, but more honest, less self-serving than my heavily edited rationalizations.
![Abstract 80, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 24x36](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Abstract-80a.jpg)
I PAINT every day. I work on several canvases at once, so that I can paint on one while others dry. I revisit earlier canvases that are either incomplete, incoherent, or simply not good enough, and I create new ones, inspired by the moment.
![Abstract 83, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 11x14](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Abstract-8000.jpg)
I LEARN something every day.
![Tulip Garden, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 20x16](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Tulip-Garden.jpg)
![Solidarity, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 16x20](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Solidago.jpg)
![Abstract 81, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 16x20](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Abstract-81.jpg)
![Forest View, Russell Steven Powell oil on canvas, 20x16](https://russellpowell.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Forest-goo-789x1024.jpg)
“Thumbs Up” Russell.
The structural elements combine well with your nonobjective, paint-driven style
Thank you, Julie! Much appreciated.