About
Ruslan Khais
I have been a full-time artist based in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for more than 20 years. Professionally trained, I
hold a four-year certificate from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Art — America's oldest museum and art school. I have also spent three
years working in-studio with renowned artist Osvaldo Romberg.
For the last ten years, I have worked
predominantly in the genre of abstract landscape. Generally, my paintings skirt
the boundary between representation and pure abstraction. In my work, color,
form, gesture, and the physical characteristics of paint are all of great
interest and importance. Almost all of my paintings have been inspired by the
natural landscape, which means behind every abstraction is a particular place, time
and specific atmospheric condition.
I often use the pallet knife as a tool
of applying paint as it offers a certain amount of control over the
process. Along with the technical reasons, I take significant pleasure in
spreading, scraping, applying and reapplying, then molding and transforming
this into a painting. Oil and cold encaustic over acrylic is a technique
personally developed and, I believe, best suited to my artistic goals and
temperament.
Abstract
It is very difficult to create an
abstract painting that is not an imitation of the often-glorified imagery of
drips, pours, stains and other visual clichés. Instead, it requires developing
a personal and individual painting style, which is a never-ending process.
Works on Paper
All figurative paintings were done at
live-model drawing sessions and only high-quality art supplies and materials
used.
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