20/06/2026
Fresh from the studio, Alex Russell Flint offers a fascinating look into the creative process and inspirations behind his latest painting, ▪️Raindance▪️
A continuation of his 2025 ‘Still, she moves’ series, a collection ARF describes as a creative “palate cleanser” between his more loaded, narrative works, Raindance shifts the focus to the curious, abstract shapes made by the model in motion, combining contrasting colours with a balance of elegance and absurdity.
The spark for the series came from a single item of clothing: a vivid, furry magenta dress reminiscent of a Jim Henson creature. Worn by Flint’s dancer friend and model, its shaggy, exaggerated form transformed as she moved, becoming by turns an ostrich, a sloth, an ape, or some other curious creature entirely.
The seed for this particular painting may have been sown back in the 1990s, when Alex first visited the American Museum of Natural History and fell in love with its natural-habitat dioramas: frozen moments preserved behind glass, somewhere between science, artifice and memory.
Raindance conjures a strange specimen, part ceremonial figure, part exotic bird displayed in a vitrine, hovering beautifully between human subject and museum curiosity.
▪️Raindance, 2026 | Oil on linen panel ▪️
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