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Artist Statement:
"I want to create art that
tells you something good about
yourself when you look at it."
The prices listed are for
original watercolor paintings.
Prints are also available in
letter-size (8x10 in an
11x14-inch mat) for $15 each.
Click on my home page under
"Randall's Art...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Final Week
6 Feb - 15 April 2008
War, Madness, and Delusion
This show is a world-wide
statement by visual artists
expressing frustration and
anger at leaders who cannot
find peace in a world
intoxicated by its need for
war.
Andover Newton Theological
School, Newton, MA USA United
States of...
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
Geometric Impressions: 16 Aug
2007 Review in the Columbus
Dispatch. See link under "my
art blog".
War, Madness, and Delusion,
Tri-Village News, 4 February
2008. See link under "my art
blog"....
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Collections:
Coming Soon!
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Randall Condra Biography:
| Biographical information for Randall Condra can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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57
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
not provided |
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| Education |
Graduate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Golf, history, classical music, bluegrass, baking, puttering around the house, creating things. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Watercolor
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Impressionism - (1865 - 1885)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Van Gogh
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Starry Night
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
I have to credit my brother-in-law with inspiring me to take up art again at an age over 50, because his painting reminded me of how I enjoyed painting as a young man. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I have always had a need to create. Whether baking cakes, decorating for Christmas, writing poetry and stories, even music, or painting, I just have a need to be doing. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Oct – Dec 2007
Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition, Zanesville Arts Center, juried exhibition: “Bruised”
Sep – Nov 2007
Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry (OVAR) Juried exhibition of the Ohio Arts Council in cooperation with and at the Columbus Metropolitan Library: First in Grilling”
Aug – Sep 2007
Annual Ohio Exhibition, Zanesville Arts Center, juried exhibition: “Homeward Journey”
July – Sep 2007
Worthington Community Center, Worthington, Ohio. One-man show “Geometric Impressions”
May – June 2007
Church at Mill Run, Hilliard, OH; Upper Arlington Art League Spring Show: “Bruised” (awarded Best in Show), “Dust Bowl” (honorable mention); “Tempest”.
April 2007
Agora, Spring Exhibit, Grandview Heights, Ohio; Junctionville Studios, presented by the Couchfire Collective: “Homeward Journey”.
September 2006
Upper Arlington Municipal Center joint juried exhibition with the Inverness County Centre for the Arts in Inverness, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Three watercolor paintings accepted “Fence and snow”; “Pilgrim Heights Sunny Afternoon”, and “Autumn lake”
7-12 August 2006
“A Community of Fine Arts”, Westlake-WestShore Arts Council, Westlake, OH; juried: “Strolling in Burano”, “Red cabin in the snowy woods”, “Netcher Road bridge”.
2-13 August 2006
Fine Arts Exhibition 2006, Ohio State Fair. Juried. Watercolor: “Home from the war”.
1-30 July 2006
“Home town 4th of July”, Ursus Gallery, Columbus, OH; joint exhibit, Upper Arlington Art League: “First in grilling”; “Harvest sunset”; “Fallen fruit”
July 2006
“Flora and Fauna”; juried exhibit at the ARTio Gallery in Granville, OH. Watercolors: “Aspen forest early evening”; “Bin of gourds”; “Ohio flatland” (series of 4: fall, spring, summer, winter); “Red onions”; “Yellow-green leaf”; “Tree on north star”
29 April to June 8 2006
Church at Mill Run, Hilliard, OH; Upper Arlington Art League Spring Show, joint exhibit. After 1 week, the watercolor painting “Ten principles of tolerance” was ejected from the show. See Faith & Values section of the Columbus Dispatch Friday, May 12, 2006.
15 February to 13 March 2005
Ursus Gallery, Columbus, OH; joint exhibit with the Upper Arlington Art League: “Strolling in Burano”, “Tree on North Star”, “Bin of gourds”
19 September to 15 October 2004
Concourse Gallery of the Upper Arlington Municipal Center. Juried exhibition hosted by the Upper Arlington Cultural Arts Division for the UA Art League. 4th place: “Bin of gourds”
17 April to 5 June 2004
Church at Mill Run, Hilliard, OH; joint exhibit, Upper Arlington Art League: “Tree on North Star”, “Little red house”, “Strolling in Burano”, “Gondola makers”, “Pollen gatherer”
November 2003 to January 2004
Borders Books at the corner of Reed and Henderson, Columbus, OH. Solo exhibit of prints of my watercolors in the café.
October/November 2003
Rhodes State Office Tower, Columbus; joint exhibit, the Upper Arlington Art League: “Tree house”, “Buffet and booze”, “Clematis and Trellis”, “Red Cabin in the snowy woods”
September 2003
“Thirty Years without Art”: One man show, Upper Arlington Public Library, OH.
July 2002
I began painting again after a lapse of nearly 30 years. I had taken one art class in high school and had done some drawing and painting in my spare time in and after college, but I gave it up when I joined the army in 1974.
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