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About the Artist Randy McGovern
Randy McGovern has earned acclaim from
sportsmen and collectors alike both nationally and
internationally. Known for his habit of hiding creatures in his
wildlife backgrounds, he has become one of the nation's most
beloved wildlife artists. By taking the demanding accuracy of the
wildlife painter and combining it with the discriminating talent
of a trained and gifted artist, he has become one of the nation's
most beloved realists in just a few short years.
While growing up in New Orleans, his fourth
grade teacher, Sr. Helene advised his parents to find him art
lessons after seeing him draw. That year (1964) Randy won a
city-wide art contest and the grand prize of $5.00 which proved
to be a good enough incentive to continue. He studied first under
a European portraitist. Meanwhile, Randy's other hobby was snake
hunting in the swamps and marshes of Louisiana and selling them
to the snake farm in La Place, Louisiana. Still, another hobby
was that of trapping animals in humane animal traps that he
invented for sketching purposes. At age 21, Randy graduated from
the University of Southwestern Louisiana, magna cum laude with a
B.A. in advertising but in 1983 launched a career in fine art
instead.
Working in a precise realistic style in oils,
Randy feels compelled to portray animals in their most noble
character which requires adding a dimension beyond merely
duplicating photos of animals in sometimes awkward compositions.
" I love to create moods, the use of dramatic light sources,
and rich colors tastefully mixed. I feel compelled to count
feathers or scales and to feel the fur on live wolves before I
paint them. The perfectionist in me sleeps a little better-even
if a little extra accuracy goes unnoticed. You have to be more
disciplined; you have to be driven."