Bobbie Russon's paintings speak to the quiet, contemplative and solitary place in all of us, usually featuring lone girls in a paradoxical moment of adolescence, caught between the needs of a child and the wants of an adult. More as a metaphor for humanity than a literal interpretation. The girls can seem both victim and perpetrator, vulnerable and strong. Russon's work speaks to us on an emotional level, a whisper rather than a cry, it gives us time to stand still, time to reflect in what it means to be human.
"Ultimately Bobbie Russon is a painter of unusual beauties and harmonies. This unfurling body of work is not just about privations and heartache, it is filled with humour and joy. Writing a profile of an artist can be like a séance. It takes courage to be uncompromisingly revelatory and Russon's paintings bring us as near to being inside an artist's head as can be."
Jane Hill
Bobbie Russon was born in 1966, she studied at St Martin's School of Art and the Royal College of Art. She currently works from her studio in South London. In 2018 Russon exhibited at the Children’s Museum of the Arts and the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition, her work has been exhibited in the UK and internationally with collectors all over the world.