South Dakota Artists Network (SDAN)

A community of artists supporting creative expression and the arts in SD, MN, NE, IA and beyond

SDAN Member - Steve Randall

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Old Main sketch © Stephen Randall (watercolor, 14x11)

(Click on the picture for artist bio.) USD, Vermillion, SD. Sketch view of Old Main from central campus. At the heart of the USD campus, historic Old Main is the University's oldest building. Originally built in 1883 as University Hall, Old Main was destroyed by fire in 1893 and was immediately rebuilt. An assortment of materials and adornments from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair were used in the rebuilding, but not necessarily the iconic spires as often suggested by folklore.The building was completely renovated from 1993 to 1997 and now serves as the home to classrooms, USD's honors program, the Center for Academic Engagement, Farber Hall and the Oscar Howe Gallery. ________________________________ In 2011, Sanford Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD contracted with five artists to produce paintings of landmarks in the top 20 communities supporting the hospital. Artists were to select a landmark in assigned communities that would be most recognizable by hospital patients, their families and visitors, and possibly by hospital staff. I was assigned five communities- Vermillion, Beresford and Mitchell, South Dakota- Luverne, Minnesota- and Sheldon and Rock Rapids, Iowa. My paintings, shown here, were completed, framed and installed by the hospital in patient floor corridors.

	Old Main (1) © Stephen Randall (oil, 24x20)
VERMILLION, SOUTH DAKOTA Landmark: Old Main on the University of South Dakota Campus. There’s no mistaking the skyline profile of Old Main on the USD campus in Vermillion. Whether viewed from a walk across central campus or from across the main highway into town, students, residents and visitors alike are likely to experience the view on a daily basis.

	Old Main (2) © Stephen Randall (oil, 24X20)
VERMILLION, SOUTH DAKOTA Landmark: Old Main on the University of South Dakota Campus. This view of Old Main from cnetral campus on the south side of the building is most often seen by students, Alumni and visitors to USD. ARTIST LINKS OF INTEREST: SDPB Dakota Digest -- Interview with Steve Randall and Jim Pollock Center for Military History -- US Army Combat Artist Program How to build a rain barrel. -- Painting by Steve Randall They Drew Fire -- Combat Artists of WWII SDPB Radio -- Plein air artists at Palisades Combat Artist Steve Randall -- US Army, Vietnam, 1968 Steve Randall -- Artist Blog "I Was There..." -- WWI soldier artist sketches

	Bulow Park Band Shell © Stephen Randall (oil, 24x20)
BERESFORD, SOUTH DAKOTA Landmark: Historic band shell and stage in Bulow Park. As a familiar site for Beresford outdoor community events and family photographs, the Bulow Park Band Shell stage right door opening and varied color field stone walls have invited audiences into a sloping grass lawn sitting area for generations. Scruffy trees lean in to pay homage to performers as a setting sun lights up ‘backstage’ and surrounding landscape. In 1959 the park was dedicated as Bulow Park in honor of Governor William J. Bulow. (West end of Oak Street, Beresford, SD) Bulow Park is the main city park of the town of Beresford, South Dakota. On June 3, 1959, the park was named in honor of the city's former mayor, William J. Bulow, who went on to become Governor of South Dakota and then United States Senator.

Steve Randall Sioux Falls, SD 605-521-7109