Red Swash acrylic and gold particles on wood panel Critics have connected Baribeau to

Critics have connected Baribeau to a range of aesthetic positions

When painting a composition

an ongoing exchange of ideas

and playfully responds to the characteristics of an architectural site or space and activates the viewer’s relationship to it

Red Swash acrylic and gold particles on wood panel Critics have connected Baribeau toFor Russinof, everything begins with color. She begins a painting by applying color in lyrical, gestural marks. The marks coalesce into a structure, a loose grid. She works with oil and her application of layers is wet on wet which can require a certain amount of speed. Anne Russinof is inspired by things she sees: a visceral reaction to manifest a feeling physically through paint. That initial visual stimulus is often related to color.