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Gail Russell was a painter and printmaker before she became a photographer.
She had her first one woman show of paintings and silk-screens at fifteen years of age.
Russell went on to study at The Albright School of Fine Arts, Buffalo, N.Y. and Pratt and the School of Visual Arts
in New York City. In 1968 she changed mediums and apprenticed to Richard Davis, Fashion Photographer and
continued to live and work in the Connecticut and New York area until she moved West.
Photo Artist Gail Russell has lived in Arroyo Hondo, NM since the summer of 1978.
In 1987 she founded the Adopt A Grandparent Program, a nonprofit organization, which is still helping Native
American elders and their families on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota today.
Russell works in black and white, sepia toned and color photography, and digital imagery.
Her images of Southwestern Culture, Landscapes, Plant life, Temples and Antiquities, have been in private collections,
museums, galleries, and in the pages of national and international magazines for the past twenty
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Russell's oil colors on sepia toned images are done with a uniqueness that has become a trademark.
Sometimes, her architectural approach to every day things, uncover meanings not there at first glance. Her work
Spotlights colorful ceremonials, contrasting with the simple everyday activities of peoples living in tradition.
Striking images of ancient sites and landscapes, her usage of light sometimes transmits a spiritual message.
Photography Subject Matter Includes:
- Images of the Southwest and Native American life and culture,
- Pictures of elders
- Images from The American Southwest life styles
- Landscapes and plant life
- Temples and village life from Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Yucatan, Mexico, Belize and El Salvador
- Architecture and gardens of The Alhambra in Spain
- Unusual mandala Images of crystals, rock formations and landscapes
- And a collection on the human form.
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She is also the owner of Mountain Light Artists Retreat,
in Taos, New Mexico. Ideal lodging for the artist or creative soul. |
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