“Russell Stuart Irwin is a type of artist archeologist. In his work, layers of [colored] paper bond with acrylic paint to form a rich, mosaic surface, offering a tantalizing glimpse of the past.”

“Often [he] will deliberately obscure an image only to sand back down through the covering layers of paper to reveal it again. This technique conveys an impression that we are rediscovering a history.” - John A. Parks, American Artist Magazine