Missoula, Montana.- The Missoula Art Museum (MAM) is delighted to present “Doug Russell: Confluences”, on view at the museum from February 16th through April 22nd. Doug Russell is a visual artist who lives and works in Laramie, WY. His exhibition, “Confluences”, is a large, concise body of work encompassing three separate series of drawings. Each series explores the passage of time and cyclic changes through Russell’s visual language of layered, evolving marks and transparency centered on monumental compositions. MAM is excited to introduce Missoula to Doug Russell with this exhibition of original drawings. More often than not, drawing is used as a tool by artists to explore ideas that are later formalized in other media, be it painting, sculpture or printmaking. Russell, on the other hand, readily absorbs the influences from these media to educate his visual investigation and inform his visual language while remaining rooted in the traditions of drawing. The body of work exhibited in Doug Russell: Confluences leaves no doubt that drawing is a powerful and beautiful medium on its own.