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Essay by Barbara Rose
Randall Stoltzfus is a young painter who has already accomplished a great deal by learning the lessons of the history of art and bringing them up to date in subtle and luminous paintings of visionary landscapes…
Read the essay Randall Stoltzfus, Contemporary Visionary by Barbara Rose
Story about a kitten
There was an evening about a year ago when I walked out to my backyard and found Randall Stoltzfus investigating a strange sound emanating from the fence. The sound was coming from a recently birthed and abandoned kitten, maybe a week or so old. Taking its first meager steps, it had somehow managed to fall down a deep hole in the cement between my fence and the neighbor’s fence. As it was night, and dark, it was hard to see anything in the space between the two fences, certainly not a tiny kitten. But it was there, starved and soaked from last night’s rain, whimpering the distress signals of an animal that is dying. It seemed to me that there was little we could do. Even if we ripped apart the fence, there was no way we’d be able to reach all the way down a four-foot-deep hole that was barely wider than a fist. I pulled out my cellphone and called animal services, who chuckled at our situation before telling me to call back in the morning…
Read the rest of this story about a kitten and a painter by Daniel Janoff
Press
“Paintings of memory, history, and light.” Dreamseeker Magazine, Winter 2007
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“Second State” by Aaron Yassin, NY Arts magazine, 2/2004
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“Still time to enjoy summer’s views” by Ruth Latter, The Daily Progress, 8/24/2006
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“Points of Light.” University of Virginia Magazine, Spring 2007
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“Voglia di essere Artisti” by Fiamma Arditi, ARS Magazine (Italy), 12/1999
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“Aprés Nous, Le Déluge” by Maureen Mullarkey,The New York Sun, 12/7/2006
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Interview on Vernissage.tv
In November 2007, painter Randall Stoltzfus participated in a group show at Paul Rodgers/9W Gallery in New York, entitled “The Magic Hour”. Theodore Bouloukos, VTV’s correspondent in New York, met the artist on the occasion of his exhibition. In this conversation, Randall Stoltzfus talks about his work and his technique.
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Born: Harrisonburg, Virginia
Resides: Brooklyn, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, California
2007
Migration Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
2006
Osuna Art, Bethesda, Maryland
2004
The Supreme Trading Annex Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Warehouse Arts, Washington, DC
2003
Durst Organization, New York, New York
2000
LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, California
