Who am I ? Good question

I am a recovering artist. That's a good thing which means after 30 plus years of encouraging children and adults of all ages that they could do great things with art, it is now my turn to recover recreate draw,paint, photograph and generally get the juices flowing. I have had ups and downs. I have had big and little set backs but all in all I still have the idea that my art is worth doing and so I do when I can, what I can and occasionally surprise myself.  I hope from time to time you find surprizes here also and maybe a bit of inspiration.

Out my studio window

   I LOVE the smell of oils in the studio about as much as I love Spring flowers in the rain so one never knows what I might come up with. I hope y'all enjoy it and will return often to see what I've come up with. My name is Randall Mateling [Randy] and I am producing Art on the rivers edge. Art On.

2.5x3.5 oil on canvas ATC  *

*= sold

And so it begins

It has been a long time coming ... and so we begin. I do admit that I am at best a weak blogger and that is saying more than you know. After 30 years and more behind the classroom desk and thus chasing students around trying to convince them they are gifted beyond belief I have at last broken out through forced retirement into the realm of producing artist. I completely feel I am a "RECOVERING" artist one who has lived along the edges doing a little here and a little there and an occasional "AHA." So here I go up the path of personal creativity once again with all the hopes and dreams of any first timer and all the realities of one who has done something before now. I welcome your constructive criticism and your praise. Either way I'm looking forward to glorious ride and adventure along the way. Come along and join me on the rivers edge then [ did I mention my studio is 20 feet off the Chattahoochee. It is.] we shall see what comes to life on canvas. Onward!

 My studio window looks out between these two trees and is an asolute great place to watch the river flow and nature go. I am a photographere and painter who dabbles between water colors and oils absolutely in love with textures and the tastes of colors on the mind.

                              8 Miles north of my studio the beautiful Blue Ridge.




                                         An ATC [2.5x3.5] oil on canvas "The Rivers Edge" *
*=sold