ART TODAY 09.16.17: William Wray – An earlier painting of a favorite Hollywood subject, and “A painter’s journey” video

by | Sep 16, 2017 | Art, Art Today

Hollywood Motel 32×48
All works, oil on wood
“I was pushing extremely bright broken colors at the time.”

Editors note: This painting arrived just in time for Heather David’s, MOTEL CALIFORNIA, “a celebration of sparkling blue pools, flashing neon signs, automatic ice machines and bleached white towels” at http://calmodbooks.com

https://vimeo.com/105768168

William Wray has lived in California most of his life and studied painting at the Art Students League in New York. Making his living as a cartoonist who specialized in painted subjects, he spent many years coalescing a eclectic array of art styles, ultimately finding his voice in a contemporized reflection of traditional California regional painting that focus on humble subject matter rarely considered as fine art.

Wray blends traditional skill sets of realism and the sheer energy of abstract expressionism in an ongoing evolution to find the balance between two seemingly unrelated styles. Wray has challenged himself to create a brand of realistic expressionism he hopes to use a bridge into the customarily circumspect contemporary art world.

ART TODAY 09.15.17: Monolith, the painting and book by William Wray

 

ART TODAY 09.14.17: William Wray’s Princess Cleaners, “I did not notice the name of the laundry until I began drawing from the reference.”

 

ART REVIEW: “The Breakup” by Super Hero William Wray – watch the artist paint

 

New Year ART REVIEW of Roomates – William Wray created this painting when he heard about the Batman v Superman movie – do you see Batman upstairs?

 

ART TODAY 09.11.17: William Wray art directed this memorial animation about John and Joe Rauch for 9/11, as their dad narrates – grab a tissue and check it out here

 

ART TODAY 09.10.17: Colors by William Wray with introduction by Chris Bonno