Fine Western Art Collections
West Lives On Gallery
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Gregg Russell |
 Gregg
Russell has been tied to the Western landscape for as long as he can
remember. He was raised in Weiser, Idaho, a small farming
community on the Idaho/Oregon boarder. Gregg attended Boise
State University where he took several courses in art. "I wanted
to paint the landscape that I grew up around. I wanted to paint
the rivers that I fished and the mountains that I hiked" says Gregg.
After graduation, he returned to art and was influenced by the work of
Robert Moore. He quickly signed up for a workshop and began his
'serious art studies'. Gregg would also study with Gregory
Packard and with Tom Browning, where he studied under full scholarship
at the Scottsdale Artists' School.
Gregg prefers to work "en plein air" and does field studies on
location. These field studies later become valuable reference
material for his studio pieces. He paints primarily in the
western states of Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. However, he has
traveled to paint on location in Arizona, Utah, California and Oregon.
His work is impressionistic in nature yet his main focus is to simply
share the beauty of nature with his viewer. "I simply want my
viewer to see the peace and tranquility of creation', says Gregg.
While still in his early thirties Gregg's career is just beginning,
yet he has already received many honors. He has participated in
several national juried shows including the American Impressionist
Society's National Juried Show, Scottsdale Artist Schools' Best
and Brightest, and the CM Russell Art Auction. He is a signature
member of the American Impressionist Society and was selected as the
2007 Idaho Paints Idaho Grand Prize Winner for his painting Weiser
River Winter sponsored by The Easter Idaho Art Museum. His
work hangs in various private and corporate collections including the
permanent collection at the Eastern Idaho Art Museum, The City of
Meridian, The City of Boise, Jean-Pierre Boespflug & Idaho Governor
C.L. "Butch" Otter.
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"Geyser Basin - Yellowstone"
oil • 20" x 24" • $1,700
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"Summer Sheep"
oil • 18" x 24" • $1,500
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"Taggart Lake"
oil • 30" x 40" • $4,200 |
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"Sullivan Slough"
oil • 24" x 36" • $3,100 |
"Lewis Falls"
oil • 20" x 30" • $2,100 |
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Gregg
Russell has been tied to the Western landscape for as long as he can
remember. He was raised in Weiser, Idaho, a small farming
community on the Idaho/Oregon boarder. Gregg attended Boise
State University where he took several courses in art. "I wanted
to paint the landscape that I grew up around. I wanted to paint
the rivers that I fished and the mountains that I hiked" says Gregg.
After graduation, he returned to art and was influenced by the work of
Robert Moore. He quickly signed up for a workshop and began his
'serious art studies'. Gregg would also study with Gregory
Packard and with Tom Browning, where he studied under full scholarship
at the Scottsdale Artists' School. 
