RANDY'S VISION

My intent throughout my career as a sculptor is to bring large scale and monumental minimalist art/sculpture/fountains to the widest audience possible. To achieve this goal I primarily work in corten steel sheet which is similar to mild steel except that it's alloys include nickel, copper and chromium. These alloys protect the steel's iron and slows the rusting process, while resulting in gorgeous patinas. Corten is often used as architectural siding and in terms of sculpture is relatively low in cost allowing for procurement by a wider audience than traditional metal sculpture. The fountains I create are dramatic, compelling, scalable and instill a magnetic visceral connection with the viewer and the communities they live in. I've been told by Architects and Landscape Architects that they site my work because with or without water they are dramatic focal points that enhance their surroundings.

ABOUT RANDY

Artist Randy Bolander’s commissioned works are held in numerous collections, been featured in galleries and museums and his water sculptures are sited in public and private institutions throughout the United States and the Caribbean.

In 2003 Bolander co-founded and directed the West Edge Sculpture exhibition, staged in downtown Seattle; the largest independent sculpture exhibit in the Pacific Northwest. Through this 5 year endeavor and his 3 year commission with the Downtown Seattle Association to stage a winter holiday sculpture show, Bolander realized the direction he wanted to take his sculpture – interactive and accessible to a wider audience. “I became obsessed with designing the perfect water sculpture based on minimalist principles. The ideas just kept coming. One concept led to the next and before I knew it MODFOUNTAIN was born. By adhering to modern clean design, I was able to streamline the amount of materials, making modern sculpture available to a broader audience.”

Randy’s artistic influences are, Kazimir Malevich, Eduardo Chillida, Richard Serra, Alexander Calder, Isamu Noguchi and contemporary friends and peers such as Robert Maki, Peter Millet and Gerard Tsutakawa of Seattle, just to name a few. Randy and his wife Cindy are passionate about Midcentury Modern architecture and modernist landscaping. They are avid collectors of Midcentury Modern furniture, have owned and renovated two midcentury homes incorporating Randy’s sculpture, trellises and fountains into their landscape design. Their Seattle home was included in the West Seattle Garden Tour and featured in the Seattle Times and Northwest Home and Garden magazine. Their New York home features a private sculpture park where friends, clients and neighbors can gather to enjoy art and nature.