Work samples
About Randi
Originally from Boston Massachusetts, I am a artist focusing primarily on painting, textile, printmaking and mixed-media works. After completing my undergraduate degree in Painting and Printmaking at Cornell University, I spent a year in Paris working in various Printmaking and Painting Studios until relocating to Baltimore to earn a graduate degree at The Maryland Institute, College of Art. Currently, I am immersed in creating channels between disciplines by the forces of play and… more
Magical Thinking
"Magical Thinking" a solo exhibition at Kent State, Stark, Ohio including mixed-media works and a large 40 ft. wall piece. The exhibit consists of mixed media works consisting of fiber, paint, flocking and beads. A large 40ft. wall piece consists of multiple rug tufted pieces worked in tufting and embroidery to depict a fantastical journey through a day dream, inspired by myth and the subconcious.
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Magical Thinking
installation view of wall piece, "Magical Thinking"
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Instalation view of exhibition "Magical THinking"
installation view of exhibition "Magical Thinking" mixture of mixed media works and wall installation
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Installation view Kent state
Wide view of Exhibition, "Magical Thinking" with wall piece installation in the background. Wall piece is made up of component pieces of tufted cloth. with reverse punch needle.
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Magical Thinking Install view
close up of fiber form from "Magical Thinking" exhibition wall installation
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Magical Thinking
a large fiber art wall piece made up of component pieces of rug tufting and embroidery. 8 ft by 20ft. wall piece
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Magical Thinking
close up of textile pieces of wall installation for exhibit "Magical Thinking"
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Fool's Paradise
rug tufting and reverse punch needle on cloth 659" X 58"
Wonderlust
The exhibition features two wall sized rug tufted textile paintings along with 18 other works consisting of mixed media paintings and artist made paper embedded with textile.
The work in Wonderlust was created over the past three years and veers between the recognizable and the abstract. The imagery is derived from the physicality of the world but is guided by the subconscious. I am exploring how abstraction gives form to things residing in and imprinted on our subconscious. Working in a wide range of media, moving from textile and printmaking to painting and mixed media, I use the constraints of each medium to intercede on one another. The structure of collage allows for play and multiple points-of-view, creating a channel to a subconscious world. The structure for these latest works relies heavily on the imprint of organic shapes and forms derived from nature. My art-making process can be related to moving through the woods – both having the nature of a meandering flow. I am working to create a language that reveals itself to me in a ritualistic approach to process with constant recombination of material.
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wonderlust onlinepic.jpegExhibition, Wonderlust, MBartmuseum, installation view
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WonderlustExhibition Installation View, Wonderlust, MBartmuseum,
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IMG_7571.jpgInstallation View, Wonderlust exhibition
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IMG_7599.jpgInstallation view, Wondrlust Exhibit, MBartmuseum
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Wonderlust exhibit install viewInstallation View, Wondeerlust Exhibit, MBartmuseum
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Installation View Wonderlust Exhibition, MBartmuseumInstallation view of rug tufted paintings, Wonderlust exhibit
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IMG_7606.jpgInstallation View of Wonderlust Exhibit, MBartmuseum
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Yellow PlungeOil paint on velvet, on canvas,24" X36" 2022
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7.Ebullience.jpgEbullience, 60” x 44”, acrylic and oil paint, flocking, and yarn on canvas, 2022.
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Glimmering Shiftmixed media painting with acrylic and oil paint with microbeads on panel 24" x36" 2022
Traveling Sideways
The works present a wide range of images and processes, moving from printmaking, painting and mixed media, using the constraints of each medium to intercede on one another. The structure of collage, across all media, allows for play and multiple points of view in a work, creating a channel to a subconscious narrative. Color and pattern direct these works into woven collaged elements that build on the last layer, inviting the viewer into this fantastical world built from a shared experiences and visceral connections. Increasingly, mixed media has manifested in the paintings, blurring the line between painting and object.
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Traveling SidewaysInstallation view of "Traveling Sideways"
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Traveling SidewaysInstallation View, mixed-media painting and textile on canvas
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Traveling SidewaysInstallation view of Exhibit. mixed media paintings
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Talk Talkrug tufting on canvas, 4.5 ft x 11ft. fiber art
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8.GlimmeringShift.jpgGlimmering Shift, 36" x 24" mixed-media, acrylic and oil paint, microbeads on panel, 2022
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9.ayellowplunge.jpgA Yellow Plunge, 24" X 36" oil paint and oil stick on velvet on canvas, 2022.
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4a.Astonefromthesky.jpgA Stone from the Sky, 63" x 57",mixed media painting, oil paint and flocking on canvas. 2022
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Installation View, Traveling SidewaysInstallation view of Exhibition, Traveling Sideways.
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Talk Talk, detaildetail of rug tufted painting, Talk, Talk,
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detail view Talk Talkdetail of Talk Talk, a textile piece
A Visceral Pursuit, an Exhbition The Painting Center NYC
This exhibition was a mixture of Mixed-Media Paintings and Textile works in Rug Tufted paintings.
The works in this exhibit explored the multiple processes and substances I use to create a painting. The flow between different materials and a rhythmic play between the unconscious and the real substance is integral to these abstractions. I called this Visceral Pursuit because the work attempts to make visible what I feel is a feeling or thought just beyond words.
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Installation view, A Visceral PursuitInstallation View , "A Visceral Pursuit" mixed-media painting, pulp painting and oil on velcet
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Installation View of A Visceral Pursuitinstallation view of exhibit, oil paint, pulp painting rug tufted painting and oil on velvet.
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Installation View "A Visceral "Pursuit"Installation View of Exhibit, Rug tufted Paintings
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Installation View "A Visceral Pursuit"Installation View of A Visceral Pursuit" mixed-media painting, punch embroidery pieces and collage painting
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UnRemittingUnremitting, oil and pigment on canvas, 64" X 52" 2020
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9.Intercession.jpgIntercession,pulp painting on handmade paper, 50" X 24" 2019
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Fool's GoldFools gold, rug tufting, yarn and canvas on board, 24" x24
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7.Blue VelvetBlue Velvet, oil paint and pigment on velvet on canvas, 40" X 30" 2019
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Lift OffLift off rug,rug tufting and punch needle, yarn and canvas on board, 60" x43" 2019
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1.Sauntering.jpgSauntering, oil on canvas, 24" x30"2018
Prowling the Undergrowth
A bit about this textile work...
‘Prowling the Undergrowth’ is a piece that was realized in 2020 and worked on intensely for a matter of months. I relish my time time moving through woods, observing the structures and shapes of, and between, trees and plants that loosely hold together, recognizing the duality of stagnation and movement. Trying to capture many moments in time, in one piece, is always a puzzle to solve and a constant element in collage, a form that enters into my painting format frequently. Nature certainly has a steady and profound effect on us and I wanted to relay this through a physically large, tactile work. I love that it is finally installed in a community, a word that has been hard to realize in the physical sense, these past two years. I hope the viewer brings their own experiences when surrounded by this tactile work.
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Prowling the UndergrowthRug Tufting and reverse Punch Embroidery on Canvas, wall piece 20' X 5'
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Prowling the Undergrowth, detaildetail of Rug tufted wall piece
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Prowling the Undergrowth, detail2detail of rug tufted painting
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detail of Prowling the Undergrowth3rug tufted painting
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Prowling the Undergrowth detail, 4rug tufted painting
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Prowling the Undergrowth detailrug tufted painting
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detail Prowling the Undergrowthdetail of rug tufted painting
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Prowling the Undergrowthrug tufted painting detail
Rug Tufting Paintings
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Prowling the Undergrowthrug tufted and reverse punch needle wall piece, 20 ft. x 4ft. 2020.
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Walking the Dogrug tufted painting with reverse punch needle on board, 12" x 18" 2021
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Hue250 copy.jpeg, Hue 350, 75”x 63” rug tufted painting and punch needle on cloth, 2021
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Lift Offrug tufting, punch needle and embroidery. 5' X 4" 2019
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detail of "Lift Off"detail of "Lift Off" rug tufting, punch needle and embroidery
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detail of lift offdetail of lift off, yarn and canvas, rug tufting
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That Hour.jpgRug Tufted painting with reverse punch needle, 35" X 30" 2021
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tuftedterrain.jpgrug tufting on panel, 18" X18" 2020
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2.Fool's Gold copy.jpegFool’s gold, 24" x24" rug tufting, yarn and canvas on board, 2019
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MoonlightReverse Punch Needle Embroidery, 28" x22" yarn and canvas 2019
Recent Paintings
These latest works combine abstraction and illusion in a somewhat theatrical or surreal event. Working in a collage sensibility, images coalesce and collapse almost simultaneously, skirting the edge of illusion and abstraction. Fragments of paintings, drawings both hand and digital, play a big role in the crafting of space in these works. Each painting attempts to hold on to a moment led by the subconscious and bordering on slipping away.
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UnremittingUnremitting, 64" X 52" oil and pigment on canvas, 64" X 52" 2020
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CeremonialCeremonial, 58” x58”, acrylic and oil paint with flocking on canvas, 2022.
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6aMagentamountain.jpgMagenta Mountain, 60” X42”, acrylic and oil paint with flocking on canvas,
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The Crow's HourThe Crow's Hour, 24" x36" oil paint on velvet on canvas, 2020.
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6.Dorothy's Table copy.jpegDorothy's Table Mixed media, acrylic and oil paint, microbeads on Panel, 24" x 36" 2020.
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8.GlimmeringShift.jpgA glimmering glimpse, 40” x 30” oil paint and microbeads on panel, 2022.
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7.Ebullience.jpgEbullience, 60” x 44” acrylic, oil paint, flocking and embroidery on canvas, 2022.
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A Stone from the SkyA stone from the sky, 64” x 52”, Acrylic and oil paint with flocking on canvas, 2022.
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Sleeping Giantoil and sand on board, 18" X 18"
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The Swanoil on canvas, 12"x18"
Pulp Painting and Artist-made Paper
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Catching Sightpulp painting on artist handmade paper with embedded textile needlepoint. Catching Sight, 20” X 23” pulp painting with embedded needlepoint, on artist made paper, 2022.
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PrecipicePrecipice, 30’ x 24” pulp painting with embedded needlepoint on artist made paper, 2022
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At MidnightHand Paper Making with pulp painitng andith embedded needlepoint. 40" X 45" 2021
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I Shouthand paper making, pulp painting with embedded needlepoint. 40" X 45" 2021.
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cropped view of 3PMpulp painting on handmade paper,
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intercessionpulp painting on handmade paper, 2019
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Through the Palmspulp painting on handmade paper, 18" x18" 2019
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Blue Palmspulp painting on handmade paper, 18" x18" 2019
Recent copperplate, solarplate and monoprints
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Paper BoyPaper Boy, AP1/1, 22” X 30” (unframed) solarplate etching with chine colle and stencils, 2016
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The Divecopper etching and aquatint on Rives BFK 22" X 30"
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Return of Screaming DonkeyCopper etching, soft ground and aquatint
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Plaid paper treechine colle and etching on Rives BFK 22" X 30" 2017
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Looking for a Herdmonoprint and photopolymer etching on rives BFK
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Splotchyetching and stencils on Rives BFK 29" X 41"