Deihl’s portraits, especially his myriad self-portraits have the searing introspection, fine detail and rich coloring of the greatest Flemish masters, but they are decidedly of our century (Holbein never thought to tattoo an easel on his skin). Randy is well steeped in both the techniques and oeuvres of his forbears and his paintings are the richer for it. There is often an explicit nod to his hero’s—as he includes postcard portraits of Rembrandt or Kahlo, tacked to his studio walls within his own self-portraits. Or you might find Van Gogh serving burgers at the local diner. Sometimes Deihl’s homage is implicit, as he borrows a perspective from DeHooch, or a tree from Friedrich, or he turns a Breughel cross into a hilltown telephone pole.
Self-Portraits
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Artist in Studio
48×60 in
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Double Self-Portrait Shrine
36×48 in
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Self-Portrait with Palette Tattoo
45×28 in
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Self-Portrait with Red Sox Cap
27×22 in
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Self-Portrait with Maori Tattoo
13×10 in
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Three Nuts and a Cherry
12×7.5 in
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Self-Portrait with Beaded Jacket
10×8 in
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Self-Portrait as Flemish Artist
10×8 in
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Self-Portrait with Red Sox Cap
10×8 in
Other Portraits
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Sante Fe Mountain Men
48×84 in
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Portrait of Mona
58×44 in
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Portrait of Gregory
8×6 in
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Weesaw (Shoshoni)
20×14 in
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Tatanka Yotanka
23×23 in
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Quanah Parker
19×15 in
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Geronimo
3.75×8 in
