Details:

In this series of artworks, the artist has crafted a group of minor parables starring wonky critters and harebrained heroes pursuing half-truths. This work on paper, which was created with gouache, watercolor, and pen and put in an artist-made frame, features two figures, one baptizing the other in a lake.
Framed: 20.8 x 26.8 x 1.5 in.

① Artwork:

Teenage Baptism

In this series of artworks, the artist has crafted a group of minor parables starring wonky critters and harebrained heroes pursuing half-truths. This work on paper, which was created with gouache, watercolor, and pen and put in an artist-made frame (with a steel plaque bearing its title), features two figures, one baptizing the other in a lake.

Sean T. Randolph is a desert dweller living by these words from Emily Dickinson: “Tell all the truth but tell it slant.” Rather than revealing a moral, Randolph’s homespun tales teeter between revelations of anxiety and enlightenment."

Specs:

24 inches
18 inches
with frame
26.75 inches
20.75 inches
1.5 inches
20.75 inches

③ Artist:

Sean T. Randolph

Sean T. Randolph is a desert dweller living by these words from Emily Dickinson: “Tell all the truth but tell it slant.” His works are minor parables starring wonky critters and harebrained heroes pursuing half-truths. Rather than revealing a moral, Randolph’s homespun tales teeter between revelations of anxiety and enlightenment. Sean’s work features an upside-down ecosystem where aluminum foil gets elevated to the level of silver, and a jester can be king.

Sean T. Randolph was born in 1986 in Danville, PA, and currently lives and works in Tucson, AZ. Sean earned his MFA from the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, CA, and his MA in creative writing from San Diego State University in San Diego, CA.

Randolph will mount a solo exhibition of his work at Gattopardo in May 2023.

He has previously shown his artwork at the Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA; O-Town House, Los Angeles, CA; and Tiny Town Gallery, Tucson, AZ.

Sean T. Randolph:
Teenage Baptism, 2021
Gouache, watercolor and pen on paper in artist's frame with steel plaque
18.0 × 24.0 inches /