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
01Intuition

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.

02Layers

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.

03Light

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.

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 collectorRhode 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 ownerFlorida
Nº 09 — Collectors · 03

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

Interior designerPhiladelphia
Nº 10 — Begin

Discover an original work created to live beyond the gallery.

Horizon
Horizon, 2024