"experience the world through an artist's eyes"
"experience the world
through an artist's eye"
We are honored to have Dr. Russell Jewell as the judge for the 2024 Top of Georgia Plein Air Festival
RUSSELL JEWELL Ed.D.
AWS, NWS, TWSA
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
A simple black square is a window to everything in the world… in the dark. Therefore, regardless of the subject or medium, all that matters is light. In other words, without light there is no form, only the dark square - an image of everything in the world… in the dark.
Visually, only light allows for observation. Exponentially, only enlightenment pushes aside shadows within ourselves. Is it then not true the world we observe and the world we imagine both demand light for observation, thus creating enlightened worlds to be shared with others?
Russell Jewell Ed.D., NWS, TWSA, AWS Website: russelljewell.com
Russell Jewell is an internationally recognized plein air painter, published in multiple books and magazines such as: North Light’s
Splash Series, The Best in Watercolor,
Sketchbook Confidential II,
The Artist Magazine,
and Plein Air Magazine. Jewell is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America and the American Watercolor Society. Russell Jewell’s educational recognitions include a Doctorate in Art Education from the University of Georgia, a Fulbright Memorial Scholarship to Japan, and a United States Patent for his
Jewell-Box Viewfinder.
Jewell’s work has been acquired through five separate museum purchase awards.
In 2019
Jewell won, Best Watercolor in Plein Air Easton! In 2023 Jewell won
Second Place Quick Draw in Gloucester Plein Air and again
First Place Quick Draw in Mountain Maryland Plein Air.
Russell Jewell’s work can be viewed at:
russelljewell.com.
