Randy J Abdal

Randy taught at Swain School of Design, Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island as well as the Public School Systems in Massachusetts and New York City.

I am currently living and working in New York City where I have been painting representational images. The subject of most of my recent paintings has been lower Manhattan. "The neighborhoods of NYC like Greenwich Village, Soho, and Tribeca .Although the first half of my life was spent in Massachusetts, there is something about certain areas of New York that intrigues me and is reminiscent of images real, imagined, or dreamed from my past."

"My aim is to document in paintings areas that I enjoy and immortalize them exactly as I saw them. I construct each painting so the viewer can see it the way I saw it and hopefully enjoy the image which is usually a very intimate space.

"I have always been inspired by the surface of the paintings of such masters as Vermeer or many of the Renaissance painters who o used to copy when I was in grade school. Coupled with the unique blend of architectural styles that makes up downtown New York and has withstood the test of time. I will continue to scour the area to find, isolate, and capture images that preserve a feeling that is very hard to explain"

EDUCATION:

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN - Providence, RI Masters Degree. -
SWAIN SCHOOL OF DESIGN - New Bedford, MA
Bachelor of Fine Art Degree