Artist statement
When I work it starts almost like a form of meditation, drawing is a way to work directly from the subconscious onto paper, paintings then follow.
There are recurring elements in my work, most notably the loss of innocence and awkward self awareness of a child becoming an adult. There is a loneliness to my paintings, something I felt very acutely growing up as an only child and seem unable to shake. dolls or animals rather than other humans feature as companions with their almost human-like but dumb, false understanding.
If I can evoke a memory or emotion in a stranger by my own personal interpretation of a shared but private experience without having to use words then I feel I am succeeding.
Solo exhibitions
- 2012 Unspoken, bo-lee Gallery, 1 Queen st, Bath
- 2011 Tea and Camphor, Bo-lee Gallery, Bath
- 2010 Bobbie Russon solo show, bo-lee gallery, Bath
- 1994 Merz contemporary art, London
Group exhibitions
- 2013 reigning cats and dogs, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
- 2012 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, Battersea
- 2012 Bound, bo-lee Gallery, Bath
- 2012 The London Art Fair, Business design centre, Islington, London N1
- 2011 Darkness to Light, The Octagon Chapel, Milsom Place, Bath
- 2011 Shadowside, Blackall Studios, Leonard St, Shoreditch
- 2011 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London
- 2011 London Art Fair, Design Centre, Islington
- 2010 Wood For The Trees, the Octagon Chapel, Milsom Place, Bath, Bath (more info)
- 2010 The Wood for The Trees, The Octagon Chapel (bo-lee gallery), Bath
- 2010 Art London, Royal Chelsea Hospital, London
- 2010 Shadowside, Octagon, Bath
- 2010 Bittersweet, ST.Art Gallery, London
- 2010 AAF Paris, Paris, Paris
- 2010 AAF, The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
- 1997 Princeton International Art Fair, New Jersey
- 1992 Young contemporaries, Frost and Reed, London
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 1996 Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art, Kensington
- 1991 South Bank Picture Show, Royal Festival Hall, London
- 1987 Whitworth Young Contemporaries, Manchester
