Randy Richards 1964 American Born Commercial and Fine Artist, 1987 Pratt Institute Graduate

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"Advertising is overwhelming 

our culture and taking over 

our lives!"

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.

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"In 1988 I began

creating tiny doodles

and enlarging them as illustrations in commercial art

jobs. These developed into fine art." 

Beautiful art forms from natural shapes and patterns found in nature.

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"Textures that make

you feel something. Seeing very close-up details like you have never seen things before"

BEST KNOWN FOR IN ART HISTORY:

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.

Photos combined of a scene

Combining different photos

different photos of same scene combined

Same scene photographed at different times

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Combining photos

Combining photos taken at different times.

First artist in history to combine photos taken at different times.

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Combining Photos

Overlapping photos

Connecting photos

Takes photos at different times

First Artist on history to place different photos over top of each other that were taken of the same scene at different times.

Developed From 2002 - 2020

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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.

In 2002, Randy Richards was the first artist to place photos of the same scene taken at different times over the other in the same piece.

Artist Randy Richards influenced today's digital artists by being the first artist to place photos of the same scene taken at different times over each other in the same single image.

Artist Combines Photos

Artist Combines Photos

   Randy Richards created a Time Art Movement that's influenced todays commercial & fine art culture!

Art Movement

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2 Worlds Two Worlds

New art movement

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Whitney Bienniel

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Artists who started art movements

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 Artists who started art movements 

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Beeple

Ugur Hallenkus

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Cubism

David Hockney

Pablo Picasso

Digital Art Pioneer

GRAPHIC DESIGN & DIGITAL ART PIONEER • AWARD WINNING RECOGNIZED FINE ARTIST

Series of acrylic paintings done in 1996 started exploring "Time" effecting space.

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photos with same scene shot at different times

Split screen photos

Combining 2 worlds

Photos shot at different times of day

Artist Connects Time and Space.

Photography that Connects Time and Space.

Art that Connects Time and Space.

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"I explore how time effects space,

I also connect different art styles" since 1996 - Randy Richards

Photos taken of same location different times. Created in 2002 years before social media.

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Who started side by side art?

Founder of side by side photos

Different photos side by side

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Susan Fisher, Director MMOA Mystic Museum of Art presenting best of show award

Well Known Graphic Designer: In February, 2024, Randy Richards was identified as one of the best graphic designers in the world and was on the Graphic Design USA list of who to watch in 2024.

Some prestigious designers on past lists included Milton Glazer, Saul Bass, George Lois and Lou Dorfsman.

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Connecting photography, graphics, and different art styles

MMOA Mystic Museum of Art - BEST OF SHOW AWARD:

Photos taken of same location different times. Also created in 2002 side-by-side & Cubes

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Recognized world-wide as a prominent Fine Artist and Graphic Designer who has influenced todays modern cultures for decades.

A fine art pioneer who created some of the very first Digital fine art ever done using photoshop when the application was first introduced in 1989 and created the popular split screen Fine Art movement showing the same point of view, photographed at different times, and several other unique art styles. Received many awards from shows at Museums and galleries in CT and NYC, including a best of show award from MMOA, Mystic Museum of Art in 2022.


Has successfully navigated 3 of the biggest graphic design culture changes ever to occur in history; Using computers to do work, Printed materials changed to websites, and social media / online content for sales.
At just age 25 was Global Creative Director, BIC Corporation where he invented BIC Wavelengths, which tapped a new market and was the first time in history kids fashion art was applied to pens. As Art, Creative director and Co-Chairman of the Brand Council at several other major corporations he won hundreds of awards, reinvented major popular household brands, designed one of the very first websites ever done and established EU Euro packaging guidelines used today worldwide. Has been running his own successful company Randy Richards Design Group for 15 years and was recognized as a premier designer by GDUSA in 2024 and included in the people to watch magazine. (Previous designers included Milton Glazer).