Markers on Canvas · Jazz Series · 2026
SoundLines
Alberto "Sting" Russo
Four icons. Four canvases. Four explosions of color and line — drawn without sketch, without hesitation, in direct confrontation with the canvas.
Markers on Canvas · Jazz Series · 2026
Alberto "Sting" Russo
Four icons. Four canvases. Four explosions of color and line — drawn without sketch, without hesitation, in direct confrontation with the canvas.
02 — Artistic Approach
Each piece begins with a blank canvas and four markers — yellow, orange, magenta, cyan. No preliminary drawing. No safety net. The lines accumulate in dense cross-hatching, building form through rhythm and repetition, the way jazz builds a solo through improvisation.
The flowing lines in the background are not decoration — they are the sound made visible. Smoke, breath, vibration. The music escaping the frame.
03 — The Artist
Born in Lausanne in 1974, Alberto "Sting" Russo has been drawing since childhood and tagging since 1991 — the street gave him his pseudonym, his relationship to the immediate mark, and his understanding of line as energy.
Trained at the École Romande d'Arts Graphiques, he founded AREA DESIGN in 2000, working with Nike, Puma, Universal Music and Absolut. From 2015, he turned exclusively to painting and illustration, developing a vocabulary rooted in the masters — Rembrandt, Dürer — but expressed through vivid color and raw immediacy.
A recognized caricaturist, drawing instructor and published author, he now brings that same intensity to large-format marker portraits. Brand ambassador for Royal Talens and Sakura, he works exclusively with professional-grade materials. The Jazz Series is his most personal work to date.
Limited Edition Fine Art Prints · Signed & Numbered
Fine art giclée prints. Made to order. 2–3 weeks delivery.
Next in the series
Be the first to know when new pieces drop.
