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Ruseckas’ organic palette lends itself naturally to the striking river views and woodland of the area– he routinely uses gentle mauves and peaches, ochre, and quiet greens and grays. His works' moodiness and subtle mystery reflects the artist's personal and contemplative experience of the landscape.

He tends to layer the pastel, adding subtle tonal shifts that create remarkable depth of field. Often using handmade papers with long fibers and visible tooth, Ruseckas employs the paper's attributes by literally grinding the pigment into the paper and building off the surface. The resulting tactile quality and surface texture add dimension and movement to the work.

He has exhibited work at the Works on Paper Armory Show and the Art of the Twentieth Century in New York for over a decade, in addition to his regular exhibitions at Reeves Contemporary and Spheris Galleries. His work is in numerous private collections, and such corporate collections as Pfizer, Fidelity, GTE, and Hill and Barlow. His piece entitled, “Connecticut River, Morning Mist” was included in the traveling museum exhibition, “The American River,” which traveled to the Philadelphia Art Alliance, the Florence Griswold Museum in Lyme, Connecticut, and several other museum venues.