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
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"
Recent experiments in Paint
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ConstrictedOil on Panel
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Open Wideacrylic and oil on canvas 48” x 40” 2017
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Boingpigment, rabbit skin glue, acrylic and oil on canvas, 60” X 48” 2017
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Oinkneedlepoint acrylic and oil on canvas 70” X 114” 2017
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The Living Roomacrylic and oil on canvas
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Reissmccormack_Randi_TheKing.jpgThe King, 2017, oil on canvas, 24" X 36"
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Jumpacrylic and oil on fabric and canvas 2017
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Gingerbread ManGingerbread Man, collage and mixed-media on canvas, 48 " x 36" 2018
Study series
These were all done between 2016 and 2017.
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Extraneous"Extraneous" oil on canvas, 18" X 24"
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Tiny Handsoil on canvas, 18" x 24" 2017
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Dancing Manoil on canvas, 18" X 24"
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Flying Fishoil on board, 18" X 18"
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Braincaseoil on board, 18 " X 18" 2017
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Blueoil on canvas 18 "X 18"
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regulation Plaidoil on canvas, 24" X 18" 2016
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comfort paintingoil on panel, 18" X 18" 2017
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Hindranceoil on panel, 18" X 18"
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Stork Shipoil on panel, 18" X 18", 2015
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"
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