Randy L Purcell
Maryville, TN
Randy's work is the result of a unique encaustic process where he transfers ink from magazines onto a thin layer of beeswax (Encaustic medium).
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- Randy L Purcell
- The Quiet Icon
- Encaustic medium, ink transfer on beeswax, and pan pastels
- 24 x 12 x 1.5 in (60.96 x 30.48 x 3.81 cm)
- Inv: 2528
- $1,200
The Quiet Icon
Seen straight on, the Sun Sphere becomes less an object and more a witness. Its mirrored surface gathers fragments of Knoxville while offering little of itself in return, reflecting a city in motion from a position of stillness. Built for the 1982 World’s Fair, the structure has outlasted its original moment, shifting from spectacle to symbol. What remains is not an event, but a constant—quietly observing, quietly enduring.
- Subject Matter: architecture
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