“The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.”
― G.K. Chesterton
Who dis?
Hello and welcome! My name’s Randi. With an i.
I’m a painter, storyteller, poet, polyglot, translator, singer, and doodler who runs Candless Creative, an independent publisher of books and art.
As an artist, I work mainly in oils now, specializing in botanicals. I also work in acrylic, ink, watercolor, and colored pencil when the mood strikes. I’m currently on the Artist Registry of the Bellefonte Art Museum in Centre County, Pennsylvania, and I’m a member of the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania.
As a writer, I’ve published poems in Strange Horizons and Quantum Fairy Tales. Though my publishing credits are mostly in poetry and articles, my first love is long-form fiction of the fantastic variety.
Fair warning: I’m pretty lazy about my blog, so you might want to check out Instagram for my latest updates, especially in art.
Favorite Artists / Influences:
Frida Kahlo, Stephen Gammell (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark illustrations), Peter Winklbauer, Anita Zofia Siuda, Eric Markievich, Kay Nielsen, Alphonse Mucha, Evgeniy Vagin, Lynn Boggess, Elody Gyekis, and a million other artists of various stripes and talents whose names I can’t even remember.
Favorite Writers:
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Wilkie Collins, Flannery O’Connor, Anton Chekhov, Charles Dickens, C. S. Lewis, Wolfgang Borchert, Orson Scott Card, Neil Gaiman, Rainer Maria Rilke, Jane Austen, G. K. Chesterton, Stephen King, Amy Tan, W. B. Yeats, Ray Bradbury, Alexander Pushkin, Brandon Sanderson, Naomi Novik, Mary Oliver.