After some years of doing figurative work I have returned to doing landscapes. I use no reference material or photographs in my work. I rely on memory to generate idea's during the process. I was influenced by the idea of psychogeography and the derive (aimless drifting through the city trying to memorize and record the emotions of a particular place). This approach frees me from copying and allows a more free reign of the imagination to happen. The work is "discovered" in the act of creation.

born: 1949, Cleveland,Ohio

selected awards/honors

National Butler Midyear Show, Butler Museum of Art, Juror Award 2010
United Creators, NY, "Zeitgeist 09," International Painting Competition, 1st Place Painting
Erie Art Museum Juried competetion, Juror Award, Painting 2009
National Arts Program, 2009, Best in Show

selected publications

New American Paintings #83, Juried competition in Print, Open Studio Press, Boston, Ma
Studio Visit Magazine 2010, Juried competition 2010, Open Studio Press, Boston, Ma
15th Anniversary Edition, New American Press  2010, Open Studio Press, Boston, Ma
Artsist Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland Ohio, 1997

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Kokoon Gallery, West 78st Studios: Regional Masters, Cleveland Ohio, 2010
Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College: Mental Mapping, Pepper Pike, Ohio, 2009
Arts Collinwood Gallery: Randall Tiedman & Max Utter, Cleveland Ohio, 2009
CWRU, Case Western Reserve University, Randall Tiedman & Robert Morrison, 1995

selected group shows

Butler Museum of Art, National Butler Midyear, Youngstown, Ohio, 2010
Albright Knox, Beyond/In Western New York, 2010
Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, 2010
Fairmount Center for the Arts, Novelty, Ohio, 2009