Photograph of Artist RANDY COUSINS
RANDY COUSINS
Miami Springs, Florida - United States



Original Artworks (9)

Randy Cousins; Prow, 2014, Original Sculpture Mixed, 38 x 30 inches. Artwork description: 241  Cement, reef limestone ( no coral was harmed) , wire, trash. ...
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Original Mixed Media Sculpture, 2014
38 x 30 inches (96.5 x 76.2 cm)
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Randy Cousins; Coral Relief, Skeleton Wave, 2012, Original Sculpture Mixed, 16 x 21 inches. Artwork description: 241  No coral was harmed in the making of this piece.  I collected dead, naturally tumbled, coral found on difficult- to- access beaches by kayak in the Caribbean. ...
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Original Mixed Media Sculpture, 2012
16 x 21 inches (40.6 x 53.3 cm)
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Randy Cousins; Balance, 2012, Original Sculpture Mixed, 7.5 x 6 feet.
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Original Mixed Media Sculpture, 2012
7.5 x 6 feet (2.29 x 1.83 m)
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Randy Cousins; Nexus, 2012, Original Sculpture Mixed, 4.5 x 5 feet.
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Original Mixed Media Sculpture, 2012
4.5 x 5 feet (1.37 x 1.52 m)
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Randy Cousins; Piercing Earth And Sky, 2011, Original Sculpture Mixed, 1.5 x 5 feet.
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Original Mixed Media Sculpture, 2011
1.5 x 5 feet (0.46 x 1.52 m)
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Randy Cousins; Temple, 2002, Original Painting Acrylic, 48 x 36 inches. Artwork description: 241 Cambodian temple complex. ...
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Original Acrylic Painting, 2002
48 x 36 inches (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
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Randy Cousins; Dream, 2002, Original Painting Acrylic, 30 x 36 inches. Artwork description: 241 A stray dog sleeps outside a temple in Thailand.  Dreaming is to wakefulness as living is to death....
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Original Acrylic Painting, 2002
30 x 36 inches (76.2 x 91.4 cm)
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Randy Cousins; Prostration, 1996, Original Painting Acrylic, 54 x 42 inches. Artwork description: 241 A Buddhist monk continues his practice despite China' s occupation of Tibet.  Inspired by a Thomas L. Kelly photograph....
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Original Acrylic Painting, 1996
54 x 42 inches (137.2 x 106.7 cm)
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Randy Cousins; China In Tibet, 1996, Original Painting Acrylic, 34 x 46 inches. Artwork description: 241 A Buddhist monk, in front of a ruined temple, continues his practice despite China' s occupation of Tibet.  Inspired by a Thomas L. Kelly photograph....
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Original Acrylic Painting, 1996
34 x 46 inches (86.4 x 116.8 cm)
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Artist Statement

I love Nature: all plants, animals and the minerals that make the magnificent topography. I feel ashamed at being one of the species that has done such damage to the planet. We have made the air more difficult to breathe and the fresh water less potable, destroyed land habitat and driven to extinction even once common species. While we are on the verge of fishing to extinction the entire ocean system, we dump tons of plastic--that have become submerged islands the size of continents--into it. In addition, the degree that animal agriculture impacts our environment as well as perpetuates suffering on our fellow beings, while increasing healthcare costs due to obesity and related disease is overwhelming. My affinity for Buddhist philosophy has made it impossible for me to look away. I try to live my life making as little impact as I am able. And though I am compromised physically by exposure to toxins and chemicals, I do what I can to help fellow beings--regardless of species (firstly, by not eating them). My art is about the ruined and what it becomes, the impermanent visible and invisible, the balance that is necessary to maintain some kind of quality of life, and the interconnectedness of everything that is....