“The painting is absolutely fantastic!
Thanks for your efforts - I am speechless”
“Your portraits are evocative; compelling. Your signature style uniquely your own. I am humbled that you have trained your eye upon my features and cannot wait to behold your interpretation, spoken in a language that is uniquely your own.
I am at a loss for words. What you have done is simply amazing, and wonderful. I am speechless.”
“Not sure words can describe how special this is to me, Derek.
Thank you.
You captured him perfectly.”
“Derek you’re extremely talented and I really like it.”
“If Jackson Pollock did portrait art he would be Derek Russell. Derek paints with incredible vibrancy and captures the soul”