ABSTRACT CREATIONS
Tidal Motion — original abstract artwork by Randahl Ott
Original abstract works — Randahl Ott

Original abstract works by Randahl Ott — created to transform spaces, provoke emotion, and invite interpretation.

Meet the artist→
Nº 02 — Introduction

Abstract Creations explores the relationship between color, texture, movement and emotion. Each piece is an invitation to slow down, look closer, and discover something different every time — a work that changes with the light, the room, and the person standing in front of it.

— begin with a feeling, not a plan.

Detail of Current, oil stick and acrylic on canvas
Current — detail, 2023oil stick, acrylic, momentum
Salt & Light — Plaster, marble dust & acrylic on canvas
TitleSalt & Light
Year2025
MediumPlaster, marble dust & acrylic on canvas
Dimensions60 × 30 in · 152 × 76 cm
Nº 04 — Featured work
Nº 05 — The artist

Randahl Ott in the studio
The oceanfront studio
Randahl
01 — Intuition

Randahl Ott creates abstract works driven by intuition, movement, and an appreciation for the unexpected. Rather than beginning with a fixed answer, each piece develops through layers of color, texture, gesture and discovery.

02 — Layers

Paint is applied, scraped back, and applied again. What remains carries its own history — surfaces that feel weathered by time and tide rather than simply painted.

03 — Light

The result is artwork that feels personal yet open to interpretation — pieces that change with the light, the room, and the person experiencing them.

Chapters
  1. I

    Beginnings

    Drawing, color studies, and a fascination with how light moves across water.

  2. II

    The layer

    Discovering that meaning arrives in layers — applied, scraped back, and applied again.

  3. III

    The studio

    A working practice by the water, where tide, sand and horizon become material.

  4. IV

    Abstract Creations

    Original works placed in private collections and interiors — each one made to be lived with.

Nº 06 — Philosophy

ABSTRACTION LEAVES ROOM FOR YOU. 

“I don't want to tell you what to see. I want to give you something worth looking at.”

— Randahl Ott
Nº 07 — Studio experience

A behind-the-scenes walk through the creative process — from the first feeling to the final sealed surface.

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01
IDEA

Idea

Every work begins as a feeling rather than a plan — a memory of light on water, a mood, a color that will not leave.

02
MATERIAL

Material

Heavy-body acrylic, plaster, raw pigment, marble dust and leaf — chosen for how they hold light and remember touch.

03
MOVEMENT

Movement

Knife and body move together. Gesture is quick; decisions are slow. The canvas is often on the floor.

04
LAYER

Layer

Surfaces are built, scraped back and rebuilt until they carry their own history — like a shoreline after weather.

05
FINISH

Finish

The work rests. Edges are wrapped, the surface sealed, and the piece is ready to change a room.

Nº 08 — For collectors

An original work does more than fill a wall. It changes the light in a room, the pace of a conversation, and the way a space feels at the end of the day. Each piece is created to bring depth, personality and emotion into the places where life happens.

Living room · Atlantic lightSalt & Light
visualised to scale
Nº 09 — Collectors · 01

“It changes with the light. In the morning it is calm; by evening it is something else entirely. We didn't buy a painting — we brought a tide into the house.”

Private collector — Rhode Island
Nº 09 — Collectors · 02

“Randahl's work gave our lobby a quiet confidence. Guests stop. They look longer than they expect to.”

Boutique hotel owner — Florida
Nº 09 — Collectors · 03

“Every visitor asks about it. The texture pulls you in; the color keeps you there.”

Interior designer — Philadelphia
Nº 10 — Begin

Discover an original work created to live beyond the gallery.

Horizon
Horizon, 2024