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About
Russell Bentley
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A self-taught artist, Russell began his art career in the small town of Redan Georgia, located about twenty-five miles east of Atlanta.
It was here that he gathered many ideas now incorporated into his paintings.
As a young boy, Russell enjoyed sketching many different subjects including old barns, houses, churches, animals and landscapes. In those years, most of his work was in pencil or charcoal. Wanting to add color to his subjects, in 1974 he began to use pastels as
his medium and began focusing more on his favorite subject,
wildlife.
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In the early part of 1976, he was invited to Frame
House Gallery in Louisville Kentucky where he met and studied the techniques of artists such as, Charles
Frace, Ray Harm and Jim Harrison. Over the past fifteen years, Russell has found acrylics to be his favorite medium because of the detail it allows and the textures that are achieved.
His wildlife paintings have won top honors in various juried shows and many of his originals can be found in private and corporate collections.
Now residing in Stockbridge Georgia with his wife Diane, Russell hopes to continue producing original wildlife paintings and limited edition prints for everyone to collect and enjoy.
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