Statement

Randy Sprout began his art career in 1964 at the University of Iowa earning his BA in printmaking. Before entering graduate school, he served as a 1st Lieutenant on the DMZ in Korea. He moved to California in 1969 where he graduated with a MA and an MFA from UCLA in painting. Randy worked for LA County Museum of Art restoring priceless art works. He has taught printmaking and painting at USC, UCLA, UCLA Extension and Pierce College. He co-authored the book “Innovative Printmaking” 1977 Crown Publishers, New York. In 2004 he gave a sold-out lecture to Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles with a re-creation of Synchrome Kineidoscope performance, a machine he helped work on with Stanton MacDonald-Wright in early 1970. He recently won the “Best Artist Over 65 Award” from Plein Air Magazine for December/January. We invite you to look at his website: https://randysprout.net/