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ARTIST STATEMENT Baseball’s terminology and linguistic inventions are all as old and as natural as the game itself. From its inception, the players, then the press and broadcasters described the plays, players, and action in colorful regional and national vernaculars that give the National Pastime a flavor like no other sport. Ronald Russell has chosen the many food metaphors in the game as the vocabulary for his paintings. Often literal, often humorous, his interpretations of the language of baseball bring the viewer into intimate contact with his textural surfaces and dynamic color, and shows a love of the game and a respect for it’s history and traditions.
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