John Nelson Randall
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Metal
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Panel, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Animal Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Acrylic, Panel
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Acrylic, Panel, Mixed Media
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John Nelson Randall For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a John Nelson Randall?
John Randall Nelson for sale on 1stDibs
While it’s neither completely outsider art nor folk art, the work of John Randall Nelson shares common ground with those styles, particularly in its rawness and nonconformity. He uses symbols and archetypes in his paintings and sculptures, having developed a distinct artistic vocabulary over the years that materializes in his work in text and graphic elements.
Nelson was born in Princeton, Illinois, but works out of Phoenix, Arizona. Early visits to the Art Institute of Chicago introduced Nelson to painters such as Jim Nutt, Roger Brown and Karl Wirsum. He decided to move to Arizona to study at Arizona State University where he earned his MFA in 1996.
Nelson’s subjects are as playful as they are peculiar — his textured paintings, which feature collages, layers of oil paint and an integration of text, feature everything from animals and flowers to imagined human-animal hybrids or everyday objects such as shoes and bicycles. Many paintings are populated with brightly colored polka dot patterns while his Pop art-inflected steel sculptures take on fantastical forms and draw on the Pattern and Decoration movement, which emerged in cities such as Los Angeles and New York during the early 1970s.
Nelson has exhibited all over the United States. His sculptures can be found at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts, the Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix and the Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Nelson’s work is held in a number of private, public and corporate collections including Apple Inc., Phoenix Public Art and Design, the American Folk Art Museum and many other institutions.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of original John Randall Nelson paintings and other art.
Finding the Right Paintings for You
Painting is an art form that has spanned innumerable cultures, with artists using the medium to tell stories, explore and communicate ideas and express themselves. To bring abstract paintings, landscape paintings, still-life paintings and other original paintings into your home is to celebrate and share in the long tradition of this discipline.
When we look at paintings, particularly those that originated in the past, we learn about history, other cultures and countries of the world. Like every other work of art, paintings — whether they are contemporary creations or works that were made during the 19th century — can often help us clearly see and understand the world around us in a meaningful and interesting way.
Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.
Today, creating a wall of art is a wonderful way to enhance your space, showcase beautiful pieces and tie an interior design together.
No matter your preference, whether you favor Post-Impressionist paintings, animal paintings, Surrealism, Pop art or another movement or specific period, arranging art on a blank wall allows you to evoke emotions in a room while also showing off your tastes and interests. A symmetrical wall arrangement may comprise a grid of four to six pieces or, for an odd number of works, a horizontal row. Asymmetrical arrangements, which may be small clusters of art or large, salon-style gallery walls, have a more collected and eclectic feel.
Download the 1stDibs app, which includes a handy “View on Wall” feature that allows you to see how a particular artwork will look on a particular wall, and read about how to arrange wall art. And if you’re searching for the perfect palette for your interior design project, what better place to turn than to the art world’s masters of color?
On 1stDibs, you’ll find an expansive collection of paintings and other fine art for your home or office. Browse abstract paintings, portrait paintings, paintings by emerging artists and more today.