Omen

Omen by Randall Stoltzfus

Work on this painting spanned 10 years, from 1997 to 2007. During that time my subject and technique shifted a good bit, so this painting is special because it manages to sum up some …

“Omen”

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”

Steady

A blue, white, and yellow abstract painting of the sky titled Steady by artist Randall Stoltzfus. The painting is made up of layers of tiny handprinted circles.

An abstract vertical landscape with an inner glow, this painting has a Steady presence.

Sometimes a painting is like a reminder– a postcard from a beautiful state of mind.

“Steady”

Nightshade

An abstract dark blue and brown painting titled Nightshade by Brooklyn painter Randall Stoltzfus. The painting is made of many hand-painted circles nd the center glows with a green-gold iridescence

This painting uses a subtle green iridescent color that I find mysterious. I don’t really have words for the way it resonates within the rich blue background of this painting. But I do find …

“Nightshade”

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”

Narrows

A yellow, dark brown, and blue abstract landscape made up of very many tiny circles. The painting is titled Narrows and was painted by Randall Stoltzfus and suggests a landscape with a yellow sky

A painting about light on the water (one of my favorite things. Also something about time in this one, at least for me.

I used iridescent paint on the highlights, which is difficult to …

“Narrows”

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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