WORTH: Excavated

WORTH / Excavated presents a new body of large-scale abstract paintings by Houston artist Cheryl Russell, on view October 3 through 28 at West Gallery at Silver Street Studios in Sawyer Yards. The work excavates the contracts we inherit before we know we have a choice, the quiet rules around gender, family, and silence that shape who we’re told to become. Layered, built, buried, and revealed again, each painting holds what isn’t immediately visible, asking the viewer to slow down and look twice.

This is the most confident and colorful work of Russell’s career, marking a clear shift in scale and voice. Visitors will see monumental paintings built to be lived with, not glanced at. The exhibition invites collectors and visitors alike to consider their own inherited stories and which ones are still worth keeping.

While you’re here, take a look around cherylrussell.art to see more of the work or learn more about who I am as an artist.