Randy Meador

BACKGROUND

Randy Meador is a wholly self-taught artist without any instruction except his own exhaustive study of works by Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Nicolai Fechin, and Joaquin Sorolla. Born near the Waggoner Ranch in Vernon, Texas and raised on a smaller ranch in Central West Texas, he fell in love with the hues of the West and returned to those hues in 2007 as a full-time artist. Randy currently lives in Fort Worth with his wife and two remaining children (of five) and has a PO box in Saint Jo, Texas. In 2012, Randy began accepting workshop and demo requests. His animated and unorthodox stage presentations are filling much of his annual schedule and are currently being developed into a syndicated television show.

MEDIUM AND TECHNIQUE

The watercolors, oil paintings, and sculptures of Texas artist Randy Meador have a decidedly western palette, yet many works, even some of his cowboy paintings, nestle perfectly among more cosmopolitan decor. He is known world-wide as a watercolorist (In the Far East he's called "The Cowboy"), yet oil is his now primary medium.

INSPIRATION

When asked about INSPIRATIONfor his subjects and technique, he draws what appears to be a sincere blank. “I’m really not sure I know what that means.  I simply look for something that interests me and try really hard to render not what I see, but what I wished I could see…what I want it to look like… hopefully without screwing it up.”

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Randy is a two-time Texas Watercolorist of the Year, has been awarded Best of Show in five international exhibitions, and attends approximately 40 shows each year. He designed several 12-foot stone relief panels for new TCU stadium, three large monuments for the Chickasaw Nation, and two life-sized horse sculptures for City of Grand Prairie, TX. Randy is an artist for the Chris Kyle Foundations, the for Wounded Warrior Project, and has a solo show with Justin Boots. He is also a popular workshop instructor, and regularly lectures museum staff, students, teachers, and enthusiasts concerning western art and watercolor technique.