About The Artist

I was a talented artist as a young child. My high school art teacher said I was the best draftsperson she ever had. I was raised in Indiana, which was a cultural wasteland of corn fields, beer, monster trucks, football, basketball, and bass fishing. I enjoyed driving to the Chicago Art institute. I enjoyed driving out of there in general. I was on a quest to find meaning and beauty in a boring 'normie' world.

So I attended college in Florida, on a full tuition National Merit Scholarship, because beaches are better than corn fields. The Salvador Dali art museum was there, which houses many amazing paintings by the surrealist master. I was inspired. I tried to paint after college instead of going to grad school. My surrealist paintings were terrible, but I learned and experimented with lots of materials and techniques.

I moved to Arizona cerca 1999 and started painting angels. I painted better paintings. I had a few gallery exhibits in San Diego and Tempe. I hustled and sold a few paintings, but nothing remarkable. I sort of gave up. After many years of mediocre paintings, I tried again when the pandemic hit in spring of 2020. I had some success, at least by my standards. I painted "In The Sunny Spot". Later I would re-paint the frame of this work to blue and yellow, and the cap of the monkey to a Russian military cap. This became a Ukraine homage painting.

I'm encouraged by my improvements from 2020 to 2025, painting better paintings each year. Although I paint angels and heavenly spaces, I do not identify as 'Christian' for many reasons. I am a Christian ally however, because I do believe in God and real angels (and have been blessed to speak to some on occasion). I believe we are all interdimensional angels, just on different 'teams'.

I incorporate a lot of symbolism in my work. I leave out Bibles and crosses, but the paintings of the western religious tradition are conventional, understandable, and what we have available to work with. Everyone is meaningful and loved by God, including Buddhists, atheists, and witches. I believe everyone should follow their highest passion. Even if I am never a 'great painter', I hope to inspire others, or at least inspire viewers with beauty and a spiritual connection.

Inquiries: randklineart@gmail.com

"Art is biographical narrative. Your art is your story, so subject matters. Find subjects that motivate you." - Florent Farges

"Art is autobiographical. It's a personal process and journey. Painting is silent poetry. Art communicates our soul, without words." - Stefan Baumann

Exhibitions 2000-2005:

Golden Pacific Arts (San Diego)(Closed)

Mood Swings Salon and Gallery

Halo Boutique Mill Avenue (Closed)