Steve Shay
West Seattle artist Randy McCoy, pictured far right by his painting, was featured at the “Super Duper Art Opening Reception” Friday night, Jan. 8, at Fetherston Gallery, 818 East Pike Street on Capitol Hill. Also pictured, left to right, are gallery owner Betsy Fetherston with West Seattle residents Heather Rose, Dana Carlson, and Steve Slaughter.

Artist McCoy now lights up Capitol Hill

By Steve Shay
01/08/2010

West Seattle’s indefatigable artist with the gravity-defying hair, Randy McCoy, lit up the room once again with his new collaged paintings, prints and sculpture at the “Super Duper Art Opening Reception” Friday night, Jan. 8, at Fetherston Gallery, 818 East Pike Street on Capitol Hill. Also featured, paintings by former Seattle artist Michael Hoffman.

The event coincided with McCoy’s book release, Form & Process, New Paintings by Randy McCoy, (authored) by Daniel Kany. McCoy owns art galleries in “The Building,” 4316 SW Othello Street in West Seattle. Many area residents know McCoy and The Building from his participation in the West Seattle Art Walk.

McCoy’s work ranges from the near $1000 mark to $6000 for his largest painting, and he sold a piece within the first hour of the show.

“In this particular show what I love is that Randy’s work is very tactile, very three-dimensional,” said gallery owner Betsy Fetherston. “Some of the images sort of float off the canvas, and his use of color is beautiful. It’s got a lot of surfaces to it.”

The show will stay up through Feb. 6.

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Randy Mc Coy

Submitted by Jenny Fillius (not verified) on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 5:06pm.

I'm a working artist in West Seattle, have been for 20 years. How can I get the same kind of PR you have given Randy Mc Coy over the last month or so? Not only mini articles but full on photographs of him, wow! I had a very success show at Clementine, a West Seattle shoe store.
10 pieces of my work sold but no one from the Herald wrote anything or took any photographs.
Tell me what am I doing wrong. Also I'd like to mention the misprint in the Randy Mc Coy stories, his art building called "the building" houses working artists studios not galleries.