by John Russell, 2008
acrylic on wood
sold
Theotokotokos
by John Russell, 2008
acrylic on wood
5" x 7"
NFS
stretched giclée prints on canvas available for $37
The Vine
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by John Russell, 2008
acrylic on wood
1" x 1"
95.00 - sold
St. Maron
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by John Russell, 2008
acrylic on wood
155.00 - sold
Exhibition history:
Exhibition in St. Mary's Hall of St. Athanasius Byzantine Catholic Church, May, 2008
Forerunner
by John Russell, 2007
acrylic on wood
21 1/2" X 23 1/2"
400.00 - sold
Exhibition history:
Goat Rope at Galerie Penumbra, July 6 - 28, 2007
St. Andrew's Cross
by John Russell, 2007
acrylic and charcoal on paper
250.00 - sold
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
Ankhs
by John Russell, 2007
acrylic and charcoal on paper
225.00 - sold
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
Cross Gammadion
by John Russell, 2007
acrylic and charcoal on paper
275.00 - sold
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
The Brothers Bar-Jona
by John Russell, 2007
acrylic and charcoal on paper
225.00 - sold
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
Alpha Omega
by John Russell, 2007
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
36" X 48"
900.00
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
St. Phillip's Cross
by John Russell, 2007
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
700.00 - sold
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
Exhibition in St. Mary's Hall of St. Athanasius Byzantine Catholic Church, May, 2008
T
by John Russell, 2006
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
24" X 30"
400.00
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
Coptic Cross
by John Russell, 2006
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
18" X 24"
225.00
The early Coptic (Egyptian) Christians made use of this modified ankh - a cruciform hieroglyph meaning "life" - as a symbol of their faith. This is an example both of a "baptized" symbol (not Christian in origin, but now Christian in meaning) and the cross's universal spiritual meaning.
"There were hardly any peoples who did not use the cross as a religious or magic sign in some way or other. We find it in Asia as well as in Mexico, in Africa, and in the extreme north." –Johannes Troyer
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
Exhibition in St. Mary's Hall of St. Athanasius Byzantine Catholic Church, May, 2008
Golgotha
by John Russell, 2007
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
25" X 33"
425.00 - sold
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
Archo
by John Russell, 2007
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
20" X 21"
300.00
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
XP
by John Russell, 2006
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
22" X 28"
400.00
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
Coptic Crucifixion
by John Russell, 2007
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
20" X 24"
300.00
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
The Right of God
by John Russell, 2007
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
125.00 - sold
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
O Mors Ero Mors Tua, Morsus Tuus Ero Inferne
by John Russell, 2007
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
25 1/2" X 29"
400.00
This is an example of an inscribed cross. The title of the piece is the words inscribed on the horizontal and vertical bar of the cross. It translates to "O death, I will be thy death, thy destruction I will be, hell" and is taken from the prophecy of Hosea 13:14. The Os from the two instances of the word "ero" (will be) unite to form the crux.
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
Pre-Columbian Cross
by John Russell, 2007
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
12 1/2" X 16 1/2"
209.00
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
currently on display at The Great Frame Up
Solar Cross
by John Russell, 2007
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
50.00 - sold
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
Anchor
by John Russell, 2007
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
36" X 48"
875.00
The cross, of which this anchor is an early Christian form, has long captivated me. The vertical and horizontal respectively signify active and passive, life and death, spirit and flesh, resurrection and sacrifice, eternity and time, heaven and earth, other and self, male and female, divine and human, God and Man, Jesus Christ and His Church. Their intersection signifies the union of these – the two made one.
Unification of these opposites is accomplished only by spiritual struggle. This anchor (a combination of the cross and the alpha and the omega) testifies to this struggle by its origins as secret form of the cross - used by early Christians to identify themselves to one another - a secrecy necessitated by the persecution they endured.
I painted this cross as I did – with great energy and violence, physically attacking the canvas – because the cross is a thing of violence. Crucifixion is violent – so also is spiritual warfare. The act of painting is akin to such a struggle. This painting bears the scars of this struggle.
“The Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence and the violent bear it away” (Matt 11:12).
Exhibition history:
Good Friday at Galerie Penumbra, April 6 - 28, 2007
Mandylion
by John Russell
acrylic on wood
350.00
Exhibition history:
Oil & Water at Galerie Penumbra, January, 2006
Exhibition in St. Mary's Hall of St. Athanasius Byzantine Catholic Church, May, 2008
Monk
by John Russell
acrylic on wood
500.00 - sold
Exhibition history:
Oil & Water at Galerie Penumbra, January, 2006
Veronica
by John Russell
acrylic on canvas
32" X 47"
900.00 - sold
Exhibition history:
Oil & Water at Galerie Penumbra, January, 2006
Anima
by John Russell
acrylic on wood
24" X 32"
400.00
Exhibition history:
Oil & Water at Galerie Penumbra, January, 2006
Indian Red Mandorla
by John Russell
acrylic and charcoal on wood
24" X 32"
450.00
Exhibition history:
Oil & Water at Galerie Penumbra, January, 2006
Fuchsia Groan III
by John Russell
acrylic, ink, and charcoal on paper
18" X 23"
200.00
Exhibition history:
Oil & Water at Galerie Penumbra, January, 2006
Graphite Halo
by John Russell
acrylic and graphite on wood
23" X 24"
300.00
Exhibition history:
Oil & Water at Galerie Penumbra, January, 2006
Ash Wednesday
by John Russell, 2005
acrylic and charcoal on wood
23" X 23"
350.00 - sold
Exhibition history:
Oil & Water at Galerie Penumbra, January, 2006
Jefferson Alumni Art Show at Randy Ross Custom Framing and Fine Art, July 13 - August 25, 2006
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