Stay lines

A sweeping expanse of gold and white hand-painted circles | a field of circles coalesce along a bright horizon over a blue and brown background in this custom commission abstract seascape | the painting Stay lines by Brooklyn artist Randall Stoltzfus

One of two paintings commissioned for P&O’s ship Arvia, this sweep of white, gold and blue handprinted circles features hand-mixed acrylic paint and 23 karat gold leaf accents.

Shroud lines was the second of …

“Stay lines”

Shroud lines

A wide field of gold and white circles spreads across a dark brown and blue background interrupted by two dark verticals in this abstract seascape painting | a custom commission painting | Shroud lines by Randall Stoltzfus

This custom commission was painted for installation onboard P&O’s ship Arvia.

This painting and it’s partner, Stay lines, were inspired by the dazzling sweeps of light that appear when the sun is low over …

“Shroud lines”

Cradle

A vertical painting of an abstract night sky in dark blue and black with flecks of gold leaf for stars. the title is Cradle and it is by artist Randall Stoltzfus

This medium-sized vertical night sky painting was made using hand-mixed ultramarine blue and flecks of 23K gold leaf.

It is the first night sky I’ve painted using the vertical format, and I think the …

“Cradle”

Silver Bay S22-3

Abstract dark blue watercolor with a gold leaf circle centered in a white frame. The title of the watercolor is Silver Bay S22-3 and it is by artist Randall Stoltzfus

Where do we come from, who are we, and where are we going?

Paul Gaugin

This on-the-spot, in-the-rowboat improvisation was the painting that inspired me to try adding gold leaf to a watercolor painting. …

“Silver Bay S22-3”

New Moon

A dark square abstract painting of the moon. The moon is dark blue and black, and is surrounded by a halo of small gilded circles. The painting is titled New Moon and is by Brooklyn artist Randall Stoltzfus

The intense blue featured in this small square painting is a hand-mixed matt acrylic ultramarine blue. The close light to dark relationship of this very saturated blue and the near black that make up …

“New Moon”

Wood

An eight foot painting in blue and gold titled Wood by Brooklyn artist Randall Stoltzfus. The painting shows a burst of gold light in an abstract forest clearing. The painting is made up of dark vertical bands and very many hand-painted circles

This painting started mid-pandemic. At the start I was thinking about the forest at the beginning of Dante’s inferno. But something lighter occupied the painting by the time I was done, months later. The …

“Wood”

Half-fathom

Dark Blue painting with many tiny hand painted circles in white, silver, gold, and green that radiate down and out from the center of the top edge, titled Half fathom and painted by Randall Stoltzfus

My title for this painting, Half-fathom, is a reference to Jackson Pollocks vertical canvas Full fathom five at MoMA. Pollock’s title comes from a passage in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, where the character Ariel describes …

“Half-fathom”

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