“Drawing from photos is a way of reclaiming the images that haunt us. By drawing them, I make them become not just something I am looking at but something that becomes part of me.” Robert Longo
WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT
Winter Trees, Reflected in a Pond
Salted Paper Print from Paper Negative
16.5 x 19.2 cm
VINCENT VAN GOGH
The Large Plane Trees, Road Menders at Saint-Remy, 1889
Oil on Fabric
104.5 x 124.5 cm
“All the things I am attracted to are just about to disappear.” Tacita Dean
“There is a meaning of trees, a meaning to the hugely interconnected living world that cares little for human meaning. If we don’t understand & accommodate that meaning, ours will come to very little. Awe and wonder are the first tools in turning to that meaning.” Richard Powers
GERHARD RICHTER
Cloud [Wolke], 1970
Oil on Canvas
200 x 300 cm
“I can’t quote Van Gogh but it’s in… one of his so many beautiful letters, where he says he gives gratitude to the sunflower because it exists. And I give gratitude to the trees because they exist and that’s all my painting is about.” Joan Mitchell
russell katz
While his professional track has been nothing but linear, Russell Katz has always had two main passions defining his sense of himself and of his place in the world; a deep appreciation for art and a profound care for the environment. Even through his ventures in architecture and real estate, these passions were guiding forces in his practices, as he created and managed environmentally conscious and thoughtfully designed buildings. As the founder and former managing director of MOMIDC— a real estate firm focused on sustainable design— Russell oversaw the development of 350,000 square feet of multifamily, retail, and office space, along with 185 acres of conserved woodlands.
More recently, Russell turned his focus to his painting practice, with his paintings featured in a solo exhibition at Terzo Piano DC in 2020. The show featured many of his oil
and he is looking forward to a second exhibition set to open in August of 2025.