Russell Katz
My paintings are an attempt to have a conversation with the past. There is an obvious absurdity to hand-making a new image from an old photograph. But I don’t know how to look with more accuracy, or how to understand something without giving it my full attention.
I create portraits—not of people, but of their reflections on the changing world. My work captures moments of transformation, when new technologies enable unprecedented actions, reshaping our environment and, in turn, reflecting nature back at us.