Randall was born into several generations of artists and raised in the suburban surroundings of
northern New Jersey. Despite winning awards while in High School, one awarded by Ben Shahn, he nevertheless
found the decision to become a painter difficult knowing intimately what difficulties might lay
ahead. He joined the Army at nineteen and after a tour of duty in Vietnam he decided that he had no
choice but to become an artist. He began studying drawing, painting and sculpture in NYC at the
National Academy of Fine Arts and then at the New York Studio School with Philip Guston,...more