Russell Austin was born in Newcastle, Australia in 1971 and studied Fine Arts in Sydney. Russell has exhibited his work in several group shows throughout Sydney and the Central Coast NSW with solo exhibitions in Newcastle and Gosford and work in an international collection in Edogawa, Japan.
He was winner of the UTBM art prize 2010, Sydney, the winner of the '5Lands Plein Air Art Prize' 2015 and has worked on nine major mural projects in the Gosford and Wyong regions.
Russell has been continuously Life Drawing/painting at various Sketch groups around the area since 1998 and held many teaching workshops with oil painting techniques.