Richard Buckner mentioned Tule Fog in a song and it always stuck with me. It emerges here roughly 23 years after hearing the phrase for the first time. Green and Grey tones collide and harmonize.
Tule Wave
Recently Sold
Recently sold paintings
Denim
4 x 3 Feet : Oil on Canvas : $800 SOLD
I strongly prefer the worn side of denim in my clothing choices. The aged softness contrasted with the wholesome strength of a blue collar background comes to visit in this piece.
Hot Buttered Particles
4 x 3 Feet : Oil on Canvas : $800 SOLD
John said it reminded him of popcorn. Unintentional as it may have been, it made me smile, so I am borrowing the reference. I really enjoy the upper portion – the sky – if you will. Mostly I made it in these shades because I rarely use magenta tones and wanted to do something new.
Early Spring
3 x 4 Feet : Oil on Canvas : $1200 SOLD
I really wanted the erosion look, the effect of which is highlighted in this piece. It hangs in my own foyer and decorates my home, so if you want it you essentially must bribe me. I like big numbers. I would sell this for a semi-trailer of good pre-stretched canvas delivered to a place of my choosing. (Canvas of various sizes please: the larger the better maybe stopping around 8 foot dimensions.) I don’t know how to stretch a canvas really: so I buy them. I like “just painting” and get weighed down when being spontaneous by the chore of building a canvas. Help here would be welcomed.
Smoldering Blues
A further exploration of particles and waves, and an attempt to make blues present warmth.
Spring Wave
A continuation of the Particle Wave series inspired by the approaching Spring of 2020.
Caiti’s Nature
A continuation of the Particle Wave series. Caiti and I are co-workers and she had a specific palette in mind for this piece. we cooperated and I like the resulting canvas.
Particle Wave #1
A painting I saw in a fading dream as I was waking up in the morning. I rarely remember my dreams. I’m also quite sure it was influenced by the works of David Soborido and a conversation with Johnerik Lawson about particle wave duality and the concept of “no blame”. There will be more.
Kintsugi Stones
I love LOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVEEEE Kintsugi repairs of gold in blue pottery. This was an experiment where I tossed the old paint and dirty brush water from the previous painting onto the canvas to begin its shape and mark-making anchor: I then tried to adapt. It’s an outlier and special, like the person who would buy it. That person would know my references and appreciate overcoming natural obstacles. I think it’s priceless but: I can be bribed. I would like a larger studio space for myself and some students – any industrial building with reasonable natural light and some ceiling height with possibly the ability to set up a place to photograph art and a workshop / canvas-building area. I need to learn it eventually in terms of pushing my intention into every molecule of my art. So the knowledge and tools to do it well would be great too. A teacher? Yes, I’d trade some worldly requests for meeting someone I admire or will come to admire. I’d like to meet Lex Fridman or Elon or Joe Rogan, VERY MUCH. Oh and I have the hots bad for Cathy D Wood of ARK Investments – Talent just recognizing talent. Nothing else.
Rand Paints: Original and Commissioned Paintings by Randy Hullihen 