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
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 REVIEW: “The Breakup” by Super Hero William Wray – watch the artist paint
ART TODAY 09.10.17: Colors by William Wray with introduction by Chris Bonno