Randall V. Biggers Art

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For the most part my work is serendipitous.  I sit down in front of the blank panel or paper and wait until the surface calls me in.  Since 2004, I have been using a variety of different papers and mat board instead of canvas.  

I am not one to plan things out too much.  Sometimes I get an idea while doing something else, or I wake up with an idea that has to sit and simmer until I can get into the studio, and then I go with it.  Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t.  I often don’t know where I’m going, so occasionally I end up on a deadend road. I use mostly acrylics, with some oil pastel or oil stick highlights, and I also play around with collages and mixed media. I like painting intimate pieces that fit into your average home or office.

I try a combination of different styles and motifs.  Simultaneously on a given day I might make a landscape, and then before bed do something totally abstract.  

I hope that my work has some mystery.

During Covid my work became what I call imaginary landscapes, composites, not realistic depictions of a particular place – most come from an inner consciousness, fleeting moments, that are rooted in the southwest soil and air, and from having lived in Turkey and Afghanistan.  

In photography I love reflections, architecture, and store windows, especially mannequins.  I have been taking photographs since my days in the Peace Corps in Afghanistan.

For the most part I am a self-taught Albuquerque artist.  I have taken a few UNM Continuing Ed classes and some short courses at Harwood.  I feel that my painting is an autobiography.

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