Studio Notes | Randall Stoltzfus

DIY Canvas Stretchers: Step One, Plant a Tree

January 29, 2021October 11, 2018 Tools and Materials Stretcher Bars, Trees, Virginia

Omar Stoltzfus, tree farmer, cutting Paulownia trees which will be milled into artists canvas stretcher bars

Simple Technology

I love that painting is simple technology. A blank artist’s canvas is so much less complicated than the screen you are reading this on right now. A painting is technology. But it’s knowable. …

Signed, Sealed

September 20, 2021June 13, 2018 Tools and Materials Brushstroke, Video, Work in Progress

https://vimeo.com/274915878

Here’s the full 3+ minute video of me painting the signature on a new commissioned painting. Like many of the marks in each painting, the brushstrokes here required more than one layer. This clip shows the final pass with gold paint harmonizing these eight letters with a gold-toned canvas.

Doubling the Rainbow

November 3, 2020May 10, 2018 Art in Place Brooklyn, Color, Rainbow, Studio, Work in Progress

Randall Stoltzfus beginning work on the second half of an 8 by 10 ft rainbow colored canvas

Turns out we are going to need a bigger rainbow…

One Blue Circle at a Time

October 17, 2021April 13, 2018 Tools and Materials Blue, Brushstroke, Color, Video

One Blue Brushstroke by Randall Stoltzfus

https://vimeo.com/264675466

I’ve been working on this color saturated larger painting for a few months. The scale makes the mood-lifting color bath that much better. It’s some real studio color therapy.

Art and artifacts

October 31, 2020March 30, 2018 Art in Place

Ishamel by Randall Stoltzfus Install with Tibetan Hunting Tapestry

Ishmael installed alongside a collection of masks and a Tibetan hunting tapestry

My painting Ishmael now hangs alongside a powerful private collection of ethnic textiles and and ceremonial headgear from all over the world.…

20th Annual Postcards from the Edge

August 12, 2021January 13, 2018 News and Exhibits Digital Carbon Printing, New York, Prints, Rainbow

I made a special miniature, reversed and adapted version of my new “Lost Rainbow” print just so I could send it into this year’s edition of Postcards from the Edge. Which means that someone …

Silent Auction to Benefit the New York Women’s Foundation

November 4, 2020December 14, 2017 News and Exhibits Blankspace, New York

I’ve donated this drawing to a benefit holiday party happening December 14th, 2017 from 6-9 PM at Blank Space Gallery + Lie Sang Bong at 30 Gansevoort Street in New York.

You are invited …