Sep 6, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 12 segments
In this episode of **Unfinished Line**, Maksim interviews co-host and painter **Russell Austin** about his life and practice as a working artist. Russell reflects on the paintings closest to him…
Russell AustinGuest
Maksim KuznetcovHost
But has your own definition of what good art is changed over the years and where it's currently at? What do you call good art? Good art?
But I've always had an intuition, I suppose, for... any sort of art that has a strong composition, interesting variety of textures and line.
So whether it's abstract or realism, it needs to feel right, have a good rhythm, have a sort of coordinated nuance or something that feels right.
One of my old teachers from the past was an abstract painter and I think I might have mentioned before, she taught us, I did a quick course with her, she did portrait and figure painting.
Yeah, so to have that work um she understood the fundamentals to be able to teach something real realism compared to what she actually works with you know so uh yeah anyway it's yeah but yeah
But has your own definition of what good art is changed over the years and where it's currently at? What do you call good art? Good art?
But I've always had an intuition, I suppose, for... any sort of art that has a strong composition, interesting variety of textures and line.
So whether it's abstract or realism, it needs to feel right, have a good rhythm, have a sort of coordinated nuance or something that feels right.
One of my old teachers from the past was an abstract painter and I think I might have mentioned before, she taught us, I did a quick course with her, she did portrait and figure painting.
Yeah, so to have that work um she understood the fundamentals to be able to teach something real realism compared to what she actually works with you know so uh yeah anyway it's yeah but yeah
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