G Russell Case

G. Russell Case
American Western landscape painter - inspired by the American West. 

The sweeping western landscapes of artist Russell Case remind us of the great artists of the past who painted on grand scales such as Maynard Dixon and Thomas Moran.
 
Russell Case offers us the plain and simple truth of the west, warm tones, high canyon walls, jagged mountain ranges inhabited by a lonesome cowboy or a Navajo family traversing the harsh yet beautiful high desert landscape.  Immense vistas draw us closer to the fresh even modern view of familiar scenery - light and shadow are brushed on the canvas with care. Russell Case is to be collected, he was proven this with numerous awards including best of show and first place Oil Painting, Phippen Western Art Show in Prescott and People’s Choice Award – Maynard Dixon Country,  Utah. 

Western painter G. Russell Case is inspired by nature, but he places little value on literal translations. His sweeping, idealized versions of the western landscape are compositions that combine the beauty of the natural world with the rich imagination and originality of an artist's mind. While there is an unmistakable honesty present in his painted environments—stemming from his engagement with the land painted directly from nature—viewers may be reminded of other great artists of the west, whose work is marked by distinctive artistic philosophies. Case's work is unfettered by philosophy and intellect, though he is surely a student of his artistic forebears. The monumental scale of Maynard Dixon, or the unfiltered color and light of Thomas Moran both find their way into his visual language. Yet Case's work is simple, pure, and fresh; his painting draws in the viewer and delivers timeless landscapes. We are immediately transported into a world created by shadow and light, of immense vistas punctuated by jagged mountains and inhabited by lonesome cowboys. Although Russell Case was undoubtedly stirred by the philosophies of the great artists and fueled by the freedom of painting from nature, this artist maintains that his most profound inspiration came from those in his own life who bolstered his career and remained faithful to his vision.

Case has also won numerous awards including 2010 Featured Artist Coors Show, Dixie Inviatational 2010 3rd Place Oil, Best of Show and First Place Oil Painting, Phippen Western Art Show in Prescott, Arizona in 2001; First Place at Southwest Magazine Artist to Watch Show in Steam Boat Springs, Colorado in 2002; and Best of Show, People's Choice, and Artist's Choice, Maynard Dixon Country, Mt. Carmel Junction, Utah in 2003. Among the shows that Case has been invited to in the last few years are the Western Visions show in Jackson, WY; Coors Western Art Exhibition, Denver, Colorado; American Art Invitational hosted by Saks Galleries Denver, Colorado and Maynard Dixon Country, Mt. Carmel.

Russell Case now resides in Brigham City, Utah with his wife, Susanne and two of his children, Morgan and Cooper, with the oldest, Taylee, living in Salt Lake City.