WEDDING VOWS (2004) Painting by Judi Russell

I founded The Russell Agency, an advertising agency servicing Fortune 500 clients, in 1979. I realized it was no accident that I had gravitated to the advertising industry, with its emphasis on visual communication and its population of creative people! Even though I spent my time on management and sales, the allure for me was always the constant need for creativity.

My style is influenced by my long association with advertising graphics and my musical background. Both of these contribute to the way I employ rich colors, pattern, and movement. My art represents my vision of what I would like the world to be, full of warmth, wonder, magic and spirituality.

The viewer is always in my mind, and the emotion I strive to evoke is delight. It pleases me to see expressions of happy surprise, curiosity, exploration and gentleness. My strong hope is that my art awakens the childlike wonder in each viewer.

I now paint, spend time with my wonderful grandchildren, travel with my partner/husband/friend and operate an art gallery in Blowing Rock, North Carolina called Art & Artifacts. Take a look at the Facebook Page for Art & Artifacts and I hope you will click LIKE.

• Nationality: UNITED STATES
• Date of birth : unknown date
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• Groups: Contemporary American Artists