A collision leads to something new. Currently Displayed in Arlington, VA at Northside Social.
wavering
CA 2018 II
Influenced by the images of the California wildfires in 2018.
Fall Begins
Green turns to orange in a blue sky… comprised completely of tiny drops of paint over many hours.
Moonlight Lake
This moody, de-saturated piece was inspired by black-and-white films displayed in the background of a Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds concert.
Pink Olives
I like working with the soft reds I see so often in nature. The contrast created with the olive greens and brown shades evokes growth – reaching stems and other branching features. BUT this is really about pink. Women and men have a complicated relationship with pink for a bunch of reasons…not all understandable by me.
The Cyclist
700 SOLD
Ideas. Combustion, Rotational Motion, Bicycles and Engines.
Tree of Hope
900 SOLD
Made this as I was starting to feel better emotionally. I’ve been exploring the tiny dot method for a few months now, and in this instance combined that with a rich orange pour up the canvas. The tree just sort of appeared so I let it be as you see it now… standing in a night sky filled with stars.
Idoj
This one is very personal to me. I created this while still grieving the recent loss of my grandmother Helen. She taught me what fuchsia was and that color is “her color” … the golden tones are nostalgia and the black tones are death and my grief. The silver-grey was the only light available to me during the 9 days of attending her bedside and eventual passing…which was provided by my dear friend Jodi who opened her home to me during my vigil and provided most of the relief available to me during that difficult time. Idoj is her pet name from her father and so I used it here. Thank you again Jodi.
For Heide
Heide picked most of the colors and they turned into a field of flowers. She had it hanging in her home for a few years but sold it back to me today 11/27/2020. So great. When I made it I liked it, but having it returned is even better. The Prodigal Daughter.
Getting it back is pure happiness. (Heide just needed the space for a new piece.) It’s a joy to have it back with me. It’s a joy that it held a place in her home the last few years.
It’s literally a piece of my soul; that I was giving to my dear friend Heide. At the moment in my life when I painted it, she was supporting me as an artist when my hope was just a beginning flicker which had nearly extinguished. But in this moment when she commissioned this piece “on faith” in me, she blew on my tiny ember and ignited a flame. I wanted to return that favor in my own way as you see here. This is a piece of my love for Heide. It means a lot to me.
Rand Paints: Original and Commissioned Paintings by Randy Hullihen 