Randy Harris

Location:
Tucson, AZ
Birthdate:
March 18
Gender:
Male
Specialty:
Artist
Status:
Career Artist
Relationship Status:
In a Relationship

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Professional Information

Work

Employer:
Tucson Citizen
Position:
Staff Artist
Industry:
Publishing/Printing
Location:
Tucson, AZ

Education

School:
Ball State University, Bachelor of Science in Speech, Theatre and Radio-Television

Personal

About Me:
My first drawing series (Cowboys) was completed when I was 4 years old. I started taking photos at the age of 7. I have a B.S. (Bachelor of Science) degree in theater and radio-television from B.S (Ball State) University, and have kissed the Blarney Stone (B.S.). I am the third generation of my family to work for a newspaper. For a month, I had a great career as an actor, appearing in featured roles in a motion picture ("Desert Bloom"), national television series ("Webster"), and a national commercial (Sears). (No B.S.) I attempted being a fine-art painter for 10 years, actually managing to sell less than one piece a year, and retired my brushes when I ran out of storage space for my paintings. I own the world's largest collection of J. Randall Harris paintings and drawings. In the mid-80's I became fascinated with the advent of computer graphics and took some classes at Pima College, qualifying  for a position in the Creative Services Department at Tucson Newspapers. I became Illustrator, Cartographer and Typographer for the Tucson Citizen 10 years ago. I am very grateful to have a day job doing art-related things with health benefits. Everything else you need to know is at http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/blogs/index.php?blog=41 http://avravalleyarboretum.blogspot.com/ http://anothergraphiclife.blogspot.com/ http://www.jrandallharris.com/ http://www.jrandallharrisdesign.com/
Hobbies:
Reading, Eating Out, Theater, Making art, Photography, Cooking, Watching Films, Pets, Traveling
Favorite Movies:
Blade Runner, The Cooler, Shaun of the Dead
Favorite TV Shows:
24, Daily Show, Stephen Colbert
Favorite Music:
Leonard Cohen, Joe Strummer

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    JoeArtistWriter

    5 days ago

    32 comments

    You've got a lot of range. Love your stuff.
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    teresita

    about 1 month ago

    284 comments

    Randy, I know that you haven´t listen my music. You must send me your post adress. I´m in vacations in my country.
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    TheOtherHalf

    about 1 month ago

    550 comments

    thanks so much for the photo comment.
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    canopy

    2 months ago

    32 comments

    OoHHh! thank you thank you sooo much!
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    canopy

    2 months ago

    32 comments

    Thank you for liking it! ^-^
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    teresita

    2 months ago

    284 comments

    Randy, yes, I like to see your photoshop painting.
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    brokencolor

    2 months ago

    1316 comments

    Thank you for the add and comments on my work. I enjoy looking at your art.
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    Taillefer

    3 months ago

    64 comments

    I appreciate the feedback. Do you make your living as an illustrator?
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    flyk

    3 months ago

    5 comments

    : ) thank you for all the comments- i really appreciate it- I'm currently working on more portraits, so I hope to upload them soon!
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    flyk

    3 months ago

    5 comments

    Thank you for being my friend- !
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    JoeSlucher

    3 months ago

    16 comments

    I know of David Mattingly but I don't know him. Why do you ask?