Randy Richards 1964 American Born Commercial and Fine Artist, 1987 Pratt Institute Graduate
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The Time Art Movement explores time and space in a 4th dimension and allows the viewer to time travel or connect different places or times. Richards started this in 1996 in paintings and then in 2002 photographically with side-by-side images. He's had shows in NYC and CT Galleries and Museums and won many awards. See more at the links below. The last 3 years the art movement has escalated with many Artists and Businesses following what Richards started. Nike, Microsoft, Samsung are just a few recent companies with national ad campaigns replicating the style.
In 2002, Randy Richards was the first artist in history to photograph the same scene at different times and place each photo over the other in the same piece. This began as paintings 1996 and evolved over the past 23 years. He has won numerous awards and sold many pieces of this style.
Richards has won awards and had many shows in NYC Lower East Side and in Connecticut. He's also exhibited in Museums and his art is held in many private collections. Please visit the "Gallery & Museum Shows link above to see more exhibits. Please contact Randy direct if you would like to purchase a piece or have his work exhibited in your museum or gallery.
In 1987 and 1998, Randy Richards was the first artist in history to make tiny thumbnail sized drawings and enlarge them 1000's of percent and create art from them.
In 1992, Randy Richards was the first commercial artist in history to put kids fashion designs on pens tapping into a new market for Bic. Also was first to use zebra stripes in fashion on Bic Pens called Animal Skins (Part of Bic Wavelengths Line).
In 2018, Randy Richards started producing a series of very close-up photos showing details to help people see the beauty all around them every day. These are not microscopic images but instead beauty you can see if you really look hard with the naked eye. People have taken photos close-up in history but Richards is producing a whole series of just that.
Digital Art Pioneer: In 1990, Randy Richards was one of the first artists in history to use Photoshop for Fineart with his fish pieces that also appeared commercially on a series of creative pens distributed globally that Richards invented and made BIC $50 Million year 1 called Bic Wavelengths.
MMOA Mystic Museum of Art, Annual Members and Elected Artists Show
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 18, 2019, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Show dates: July 12 to August 17, 2019.
Note: Randy Richards is a museum Elected Artist and has one piece in the show
entitled "2 Winter Days" which is part of his "Beyond the 3rd Dimension" series.
MMOA Mystic Museum of Art, PHOTSHOW41
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 17, 2019, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Developed From 2002 - 2020
New ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS series found at this link
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MMOA Mystic Museum of Art, PHOTSHOW42
Photoshow 42 was hung in March 2020 and became a virtual show because of Covid19.
The show can be found online at the following link:
PHOTSHOW42 was extended and hung a second time at the Mystic Health Medical Building and stayed hung for the remainder of 2020. Artists helped patients feel better by viewing their photo art pieces during the pandemic.
Series of acrylic paintings done in 1996 where it all started.
MMOA Mystic 165th Regional Juried Themed Show
Juror: Patricia Hickson, Curator Contemporary Art, Wadsworth Atheneum
October 1 - October 19th, 2021
CAFA Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 111th Annual Exhibition / Juried Show.
July 2, 2022 at the Lyme Academy of Art Gallery
CAFA Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 111th
2 AWARDS & 2 SHOWS THAT RAN SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGH DECEMBER 2022:
CAFA Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Photo Show 2022 Exhibition / Juried Show. Shown online only at:
ctacademy.org
Honorable mention 4th place award
BEST OF SHOW AWARD
HONORABLE MENTION SHOW AWARD