Sally Russell

A natural expressionist, Sally Russell uses brilliant oil paint, often multi-layered to create vivid still lifes along with bold and dazzling impressionistic, abstract flowers, reminiscent of Georgia O'Keefe. Sally's work has been featured in many museum exhibitions, a sold out one woman show at J Carole Art Gallery in Taos, New Mexico and a featured artist at Opus One Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia. Sally and her partner Jerry Emmons have built and opened Taos' newest gallery Cañon Road Gallery and Studio to feature their own work and other nationally known artists and sculptors. Her work is in many private collections throughout the US and Europe. "Look long enough at a poppy painting like Taos Ballet" says Taos newspaper Horsefly's reviewer Dory Hulbert, "and flamenco dancers emerge in form like Degas..."

Originally from Denver, she settled in Venice, California where she owned a salon for 16 years prior to starting her artistic career. She attended Otis College of Art in Los Angeles, along with art workshops in California and New Mexico. Inspired by the intensely creative community of artists and writers, she moved to Taos where she can be seen painting en plein air and in her studio. Sally is represented in Taos by Cañon Road Gallery and Studio, Opus One Gallery in Atlanta, and Spirits of the Wind Gallery in Golden, Colorado.

Sally is the Taos Columnist for Art Talk Magazine. With her inspirational canine companion Poukie, she writes of the Taos artists and art scene from her and Poukie's point of view. Sally also writes and illustrates children's book manuscripts about Poukie's travels around the world.

In California, Sally was vice president of the Malibu Art Association and Chairman of the annual Weisman Museum Show for the MAA organization for two years. She founded the web site venicearts.com to feature Los Angeles based artists. Sally moved to Taos in May 2001.

Cañon Road Gallery and Studio
300 Kit Carson Road
Taos, New Mexico 87571
(575) 751-7510

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