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November Artist of the Month
Randy Estes
Meet & Greet, Saturday, Nov. 21st, Noon to 4PM
Artwork on display the entire month of November.
Randy Estes
Through coats of many colors and uncontrolled splatters, the designer’s fashion has become a sort of chameleon for those who may not fit in. At the intersection of Jackson Pollock, Keith Haring, Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein, Randy’s thrifted canvasses are upcycled with odds and ends from old paint cans.
Coming into one’s authenticity has no standard timeline. But after Randy’s cancer diagnosis, it was accelerated — no holds were barred to live a life on his own terms.
“I think the purpose of art is to make one feel better about themselves,” Randy said.
In guiding a battered introvert out of his shell, The Wizard has emboldened a community of people to dare to imagine who they could be.
The runway is simply where he works his magic. - (edited from thegazettedotcom2026)
As a multipotentialite, In addition to 20+ year career in Continuing Medical Education (CME), educating physicians, Randy has dabbled in many art forms over his lifetime from: drawing and acrylic painting; floral design; woodworking and furniture refinishing; cooking and baking; storytelling; fiber arts-crocheting, knitting, and most recently weaving.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Like most of my life’s history, my art has been an unplanned, unexpected accident.
Self/un-diagnosed ADHD surely has played a role. My interest in art goes back to my childhood, learning crafts and taking art lessons. My initia lcareer was as a retail florist, using flowers as my artistic medium.
A 20+ year professional detour creating, coordinating and producing Continuing Medical Education for physicians had me using my left brain. My right brain stayed engaged extracurricularly and avocationally in artistic pursuits, when time permitted.
My current predominant art form focus is using clothing as my canvas. This genesis came from painting the walls of my various homes, unintentionally getting paint on my clothes,when the light bulb went off, “What if I INTENTIONALLY got paint on my clothes, yet in a
random organic manner?” For years it was T-Shirts, and tank tops as my ‘weekend grunge wear”. I found a long black heavy cotton duck coat at a resale shop and thought, “That’d be a great canvas to “Jackson Pollock!” And thus it began. With every new home painting project new colors got added, as well as colors from previous paint jobs. I refer to this as the “OG GOAT Coat”. I continuously received comments/compliments as well as people offering to buy it off my back when wearing it out in public-in winter weather.
