Paintings & Drawings

Skyscraper Design

Randal Birkey's Skyscraper Tower Design

Randal Birkey created this urban skyscraper tower design as a personal architectural design and illustration exercise. This version of his design was rendered in watercolor on D’Arches watercolor board.

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Greek Island Chapel

Greek Island Chapel

Randal did this watercolor of a chapel on the Greek Island of Santorini, from a photo taken in the summer of 1980.

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Pennsylvania Farmhouse

Pennsylvania Farmhouse

Randal did this watercolor of a farmhouse based upon a photo of his wife’s grandparent’s farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Here’s a pencil study done of the house before the painting was completed.

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Land Surveyor

Land Surveyor

Randal did the pencil sketch of a land surveyor as part of a series of illustrations for Newmont Gold.

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Greek Goddess

Greek Goddess

While traveling overseas, I often do sketches of things I see. This is a figure study ink line sketch done of a Greek goddess statue or sculpture as a part of a fountain or public building in Europe… not sure where.

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Farm Tractor

Farm Tractor

This is another watercolor painting I did around the time of my watercolor class at the American Academy of Art in the 1980′s.

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1960′s Chevy

1960's Chevy Watercolor Painting

I took a watercolor class in the 1980′s at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and Irving Shapiro was the instructor. I did this watercolor painting for that class. I had the honor of having it featured in his book on Watercolor.

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Greek Doric Column

Greek Doric Column Watercolor

On a trip to Greece in 1980, Randal captured many Greek columns on film. This watercolor painting of an ancient Doric style column was created from one of those many photo references, taken during a visit to ancient Corinth.

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