Russell Black
Tin Pan Painter

Russell Black was born in Northridge, CA, and grew up in the San Fernando Valley. After attending UCLA and a brief tour of duty in the USAF, Russell was employed by General Telephone of Southern California where, in 1984, he was the drafting project leader for GTE's involvement in the summer Olympic games in Los Angeles.

After leaving the phone company in 1990, Russell opened up his own creative design firm specializing in product design. At this time he also taught college accredited courses in art and design at the Learning Tree University in both Thousand Oaks and Reseda, CA.

Russell moved north to the East Bay area of San Francisco in 1996, and taught art for the city of Pleasanton for six years.

Now residing in Dammeron Valley, UT. (just north of St. George), Russell is currently teaching various art courses in both drawing and watercolor painting in and around the St. George area, including Zion National Park.

The name "Tin Pan Painter" was coined by a good friend and fellow painter Woody Hansen. The moniker comes from Russell's use of a tin baking pan as a water container and storage box for his painting supplies.

Stats:

Born - March 25th, 1959.
Married with one child.