WHO: All images displayed here were conceived and executed by the artist. Randy studied painting and illustration in San Francisco. He now teaches at California College of the Arts. WHERE: His home and studio lie across the Golden Gate Bridge in the town of Mill Valley. WHAT: What he paints is influenced by the work of the Renaissance. The author Gabriel Marquez, and his magic realist writings provide the conceptual inspiration. WHEN: Randy begins his paintings when there is a concept possessing the essential elements of a strong first "read", a story, and of course, an opinion. HOW: The artist first prepares a canvas on a birch panel support. He then "builds" each picture from a complete and fixed brown pencil drawing, over which he applies acrylic translucent glazes and opaques. WHY: Randy creates paintings because he feels it´s his responsibility to play with people´s perceptions, because he enjoys asking "what if?" and most important, so that his friends will like him.