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Rand Snell

I know I’ve expressed something universal when my work resonates with others.

I am a writer, composer, pianist, pilot, and visual artist. I am also a person living in recovery, and my visual art emerged after a decade-long struggle with addiction. My visual art, like my music and writing, is dynamic and full of motion and color. Whatever the creative form, there is always a sense of the journey, of narrative, of moving from one place to another, of healing and transformation.

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Latest Work

Tornado

Tornado

30 in x 40 in
collage and acrylic on wood panel
2025
$1500

Inversions 1

Inversions 1

18 in x 24 in collage on mat
2025
$600

Inversions 2

Inversions 2

18 in x 24 in collage on mat
2025
$600

Ray of Light

Ray of Light

Collage and acrylic on two 18” x 24”
wood panels, 2025
$1200

Levels

Levels

28 in x 28 in collage on mat
2024
$985

Magic Carpet

Magic Carpet

28 in x 28 in collage on mat
2024
$985

Which Direction

Which Direction

28 in x 28 in collage on mat
2024
$985

Water and Sky

Water and Sky

28 in x 28 in collage on mat
2024
$985

Ventanas

Ventanas

28 in x 28 in collage on mat
2024
$985

De-Construct

De-Construct

30 in x 32 in collage on mat board
2024
$985

News

Abstract ArtistCollage ArtistStudio Life
May 5, 2025

Studio Life

Until a year ago, I made art in my kitchen. These days, my kitchen is back to being a kitchen and my art-making has moved to Sixstar Art Studios, 2430…
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Tornado, 30 in x 40 in collage and acrylic on wood panel, 2025. $1500Abstract ArtFinding Meaning in Abstract Art
April 3, 2025

Finding Meaning in Abstract Art

Sometimes it’s only after I finish a piece that I understand what it’s about. That’s the case this month. Tornado For some time I had an image of swirling bits…
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Inversions 1 Collage 18in x 24in wood panels, 2025. $600Abstract ArtAmerican Failure
March 5, 2025

American Failure

America has a President who wants to be a dictator. I think some people are happy with that. So were a lot of Germans in 1933. Weimar and 1930s Germany…
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  • A few days ago I was walking back to my hotel in Yucay, near Cusco. The street was lined by narrow sidewalks and a nearly continuous wall, puntuated by the windows and doors of small shops snd restuarants. Good smells from an open restaurant window caught my attention. There were two tables set up on the sidewalk. I stepped between them to the window, where I was greeted by the owner and cook, smiling and attending to her pots on the stove. She told me she was cooking something special for mothers’ day, seco (like ossobuco). Her pots of meat and vegetables had been going 24 hours, and the tender beef was falling off the bones. I said that sounded great, and it was. The meat and the vegetable broth were delicious. The owner made me a special ginger drink, and coffee came after the meal. Her two sons helped with the food. The family dog made friends, but was not intrusive. (She got what few leftovers there were after I had finished eating, mostly just a bone.) This little experience was one example of why I enjoy traveling. It’s these unplanned moments that provide the most joy. Perú is a beautiful country with beautiful people and superb cuisine. I’ve enjoyed the past two weeks, so very much. It’s sad to leave, but I will be back. #peru #comida
  • For a brief moment I was sleeping. Then I came out of it, breathing frantically, desperate for oxygen. The last few days I had developed diarrhea, which I was treating with Imodium and Bactrim. Then my watery eyes got worse. The steady nasal drip became a flood, into my lungs. I started coughing up sticky blobs of mucus. I’d spent several days at around 8,000’ elevation. But now I was in Cusco, at 11,200’, and my lungs were a mess. I’d had a WhatsApp conversation earlier, and then fell into that briefest of sleeps. I’d been at this altitude, and higher, several times over the past few days. But this time I was staying at the higher altitude. And my lungs were shot. I looked for the Apple Watch, which was on charge for the night. I put it on, and tested my oxygen saturation. 95-100% is normal, below 90% is problematic. Mine was 85%. No wonder it felt like I was drowning. Hotels in Cusco offer oxygen. That helped briefly, but I couldn’t stay on oxygen the next few days. I didn’t sleep at all Tuesday night, except for the brief moments that all ended with me coming to in panic of drowning. I’ve had hypoxia before, while flying. This was different, perhaps because of the fluid in my lungs. It reminded me of emphysema patients I had seen, or of my mother as she developed congestive heart failure and was downing in fluids her heart could no longer clear. I had to get back to lower altitudes. I reached out to Ylan Chrem, my friend with Coltur travel. He agreed I should go back to Lima without delay. He and Coltur’s staff were terrific, arranging new accommodations in Lima and coordinating transfer. Yesterday was still tough. A strike affected much of the country and vehicles were not allowed into the airport at Cusco. I had to walk in to the airport complex, slowly. The flight was delayed, the terminal packed and hot. I found a place to sit and closed my eyes. Eventually the plane came and 90 minutes later I was back in Lima. Another hour to the hotel. Today I am not doing anything. I still have a cold, and my eyes are watering despite antihistamine. But my lungs are clearing, I can breathe, and Lima almost feels like home. #travel
  • “And we have to add the 10% tariff, “ the assistant said reluctantly. “The US used to be easy for business. Now it’s a nightmare.” I had just purchased a piece of art in Perú and was having it shipped home. “It’s not just the tariff. It’s all the paperwork and administrative costs. For us, for DHL. Everybody is going to have to raise prices just to account for those extra costs.” I am paying 10% of my purchase to the US government as a sales tax. It’s not helping US artists or manufactures; it’s just a tax on me. And on everyone who buys anything that has parts in it from another country. And most things do. 10%… the “tithe”… is nothing more than tribute we pay to our Emperor Donald. #fdt #artist
  • It had to happen. Here I am with the mamacitas of Chinchero, women who keep alive traditional methods of making textile garments. It was one of the highlights today. Another was discussing art with Pablo Seminario, whose ceramics infuse native forms with contemporary, abstract designs. Now in his 70s, he has begun using 3D printing and CNC manufacturing to bring his ideas to life. We had a great talk about what happens in the course of making a piece, how things shift and the result may be very different than the original idea. All in Spanish. Other scenes are of the glaciers, the market at Urubamba and of Cusco. I’ll explore more of Cusco tomorrow. #cusco #chinchero #urubamba #perú #art
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