Clearing – Randall Stoltzfus

Sightline

Work on this painting stretched over five months, from November 2015 to April 2016.

I know this because for the first time I got methodical about the cell-phone photos I habitually take at the end …

Crown

This gold-toned painting builds from a dark fringe studded with cobalt violet deep toward a brilliant crescendo of bright white laced with 23 karat gold leaf.

Detail from center of “Crown” showing gilding

Both cobalt violet deep …

Ardor

This painting was part of the Spring 2016 solo show at Blank Space Gallery in NYC.

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Close

This painting, Close, was inspired by the physical sensation of light.

In this artwork, contrast across a range of blue, orange, and yellow tones generate energy and a soft central glow that emerges from …

Vigil

Vigil is an oil painting on a deep ultramarine blue background covered with brilliantly gilded dots. Each of these 24K gold dots is outlined by a circle in a different shade of blue. This circular …

Lot

"Lot" 2016 by Randall Stoltzfus, Acrylic dispersion on polymer canvas, 12 By 19 Inches

Lot is a small canvas painted using very many blue, white, and ocher-yellow circular brushstrokes.

This is one of a group of paintings inspired by the tree farm I worked on as a teenager. …