An important studio visit
I’m pretty sure the most important studio visit of the year happened this past week. Sixth graders from MS 131 stopped by as part of their community day, bringing some questions that stopped me…
Midnight Bloom
My painting Countless has found a second role as the album cover of Luke Concannon’s latest album, Midnight Bloom. As with our previous collaboration for his album Ecstatic Bird in the Burning, Luke sent…
Randall Stoltzfus on learning from Philip Geiger
Some journeys begin with resistance, only to reveal the path we were meant to follow all along. I wrote this essay for a group exhibition honoring Phil Geiger, whose guidance at UVA transformed my…
Blank Space 2024 Winter Holiday Show
I have three small watercolors in this seasonal offering from Blank Space. This selection includes small artwork from gallery artists Yuki Matsueda, Jaeyong Kim, Seunghwui Koo, Antoinette Wysocki, Cristina Gamon, Byungjin kim, Gregory Hayes,…
Blank Space 2024 winter online exhibition
I have two new paintings included in Blank Space Gallery’s 2024 winter online exhibit, entitled BLANK SPACE SHOW 2024. From the viewing room text: Randall Stoltzfus is an artist whose abstract paintings feature hand-painted…
Randall Stoltzfus on Richard Pousette-Dart
I wrote this short essay for the Beverley Street Studio School‘s 30×30 fundraiser in January 2022. This is the first time I’ve written anything about the influence Pousette-Dart has had on my work, I…
30 Artists x 30 Days
I’ve written about an encounter with one painting that changed the course of my artistic life for this project by the Beverley Street Studio School in Staunton, Va. Each subscriber to 30 Artists x…