Russell Chatham
Russell Chatham’s perfectionist nature is evidenced in his landscape paintings. Sometimes taking as long as a year to complete, Chatham does not consider a painting “finished” until he determines it is so. Working from memory his landscape paintings contain an inimitable poetic quality.Chatham often begins a painting with words- descriptions of the light, the weather, the atmosphere- recording more of a sense of place. He carries this as a memory and experience back to studio which he proceeds to suggest and convey through paint. He is also regarded as one of the foremost lithographers in the world with his lithographs taking up to 50 separate plates. (Read More)
