tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43476729473863230782012-03-05T01:13:38.872-08:00Contemporary PaintingsDon Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.comBlogger491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-47383077789618419452012-02-15T00:02:00.001-08:002012-02-19T00:37:49.529-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q7U5pGIcqQw/Tztk0YWfGkI/AAAAAAAACas/WNQC2QiOy24/s1600/We_Take_the_Long_WayB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q7U5pGIcqQw/Tztk0YWfGkI/AAAAAAAACas/WNQC2QiOy24/s400/We_Take_the_Long_WayB.jpg" width="400px" yda="true" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Oil on cradled board, 19" x 24"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-4738307778961841945?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-78063863617873701972012-02-02T00:35:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:37:19.252-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOaKmURvqGU/TypKidDg6tI/AAAAAAAACak/8aiF7XZ6Vmg/s1600/The_Poem_in_My_Left_EyeB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOaKmURvqGU/TypKidDg6tI/AAAAAAAACak/8aiF7XZ6Vmg/s400/The_Poem_in_My_Left_EyeB.jpg" width="377" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Oil on cradled board, 29" x 27"<br />&nbsp;<a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-7806386361787370197?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-34434769199731068442012-02-02T00:27:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:36:57.534-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rcihv6ae5JM/TypH9SNYEaI/AAAAAAAACac/ZETzpGQB_Ns/s1600/PoolB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rcihv6ae5JM/TypH9SNYEaI/AAAAAAAACac/ZETzpGQB_Ns/s400/PoolB.jpg" width="371" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Oil on cradled board, 29" x 27"<br />&nbsp;<a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-3443476919973106844?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-79667851150582228072012-02-02T00:21:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:36:21.810-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p68yrOlSRoM/TypGCntT12I/AAAAAAAACaM/mhV8_vsMcR0/s1600/RefugeB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p68yrOlSRoM/TypGCntT12I/AAAAAAAACaM/mhV8_vsMcR0/s400/RefugeB.jpg" width="377" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Oil on cradled board, 29" x 27"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-7966785115058222807?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-13854146352093262072012-01-26T21:58:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:35:46.878-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BJxm70xwyE4/TyI7Ei1rejI/AAAAAAAACZ0/qUguey04dUM/s1600/Listening_to_MarioB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BJxm70xwyE4/TyI7Ei1rejI/AAAAAAAACZ0/qUguey04dUM/s400/Listening_to_MarioB.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Oil on cradled board, 14.5" x 14.5"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-1385414635209326207?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-27445625500944857242012-01-26T21:47:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:38:27.200-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hl2Z4L1cP7k/TyI329ol4II/AAAAAAAACZs/lcJfbRzH6Qs/s1600/InnerverseB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hl2Z4L1cP7k/TyI329ol4II/AAAAAAAACZs/lcJfbRzH6Qs/s400/InnerverseB.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Oil on cradled board, 14.5" x 14.5"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-2744562550094485724?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-51409458713744915112012-01-19T02:09:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:34:28.081-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vVH6hFHgR8A/TxfrfIzRApI/AAAAAAAACZk/OPsnBMKi8bU/s1600/Words_and_MusicB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vVH6hFHgR8A/TxfrfIzRApI/AAAAAAAACZk/OPsnBMKi8bU/s400/Words_and_MusicB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Monotype on Stonehenge paper<br />Image:&nbsp; approx. 16" x 22".&nbsp; Sheet:&nbsp; 22.5" x 30"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-5140945871374491511?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-73922157453528580532012-01-19T02:05:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:33:15.765-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XPgAC_nPL4U/Txfp_gq1HWI/AAAAAAAACZc/N5Bf8v_nP7o/s1600/Mass_MovementB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XPgAC_nPL4U/Txfp_gq1HWI/AAAAAAAACZc/N5Bf8v_nP7o/s400/Mass_MovementB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Monotype on Stonehenge paper<br />Image:&nbsp; approx. 16" x 22".&nbsp; Sheet:&nbsp; 22.5" x 30"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-7392215745352858053?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-68596862851599922912012-01-19T01:35:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:32:19.244-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PiVsD-8Xc3k/Txfjj0p05QI/AAAAAAAACZU/lNDDs2N3NEs/s1600/ChitterB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PiVsD-8Xc3k/Txfjj0p05QI/AAAAAAAACZU/lNDDs2N3NEs/s400/ChitterB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Monotype on Stonehenge paper<br />Image:&nbsp; approx. 16" x 22". Sheet:&nbsp; 22.5" x 30"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-6859686285159992291?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-45299435952237685462012-01-19T01:32:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:31:23.614-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pkalToxMH2A/Txfi0XRCujI/AAAAAAAACZM/4wGefTCdpQw/s1600/Colorful_LanguageB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pkalToxMH2A/Txfi0XRCujI/AAAAAAAACZM/4wGefTCdpQw/s400/Colorful_LanguageB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Monotype on Stonehenge paper<br />Image:&nbsp; approx. 16" x 22". Sheet:&nbsp; 22.5" x 30"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-4529943595223768546?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-49157665386831472612012-01-19T01:28:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:30:30.082-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l2iHYgZzyyw/TxfhweybwMI/AAAAAAAACZE/w0E2GdtDcUI/s1600/IcebreakerB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l2iHYgZzyyw/TxfhweybwMI/AAAAAAAACZE/w0E2GdtDcUI/s400/IcebreakerB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Monotype on Stonehenge paper<br />Image:&nbsp; approx. 16" x 22". Sheet:&nbsp; 22.5" x 30"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-4915766538683147261?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-39105590108616657032012-01-19T01:24:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:29:19.567-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KJENnO0GNYw/TxfghhjElFI/AAAAAAAACY8/Mb8Q_jvlrTs/s1600/Green_AttemptB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KJENnO0GNYw/TxfghhjElFI/AAAAAAAACY8/Mb8Q_jvlrTs/s400/Green_AttemptB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Monotype on Stonehenge paper<br />Image:&nbsp; approx. 16" x 22". Sheet:&nbsp; 22.5" x 30"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-3910559010861665703?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-65955100056120963042012-01-19T01:18:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:28:16.270-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lvp3m4DmfoE/TxfciQs7XaI/AAAAAAAACY0/i2qL8oEFqrU/s1600/TumbleB.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lvp3m4DmfoE/TxfciQs7XaI/AAAAAAAACY0/i2qL8oEFqrU/s400/TumbleB.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Monotype on Stonehenge paper<br />Image:&nbsp; approx. 16" x 22". Sheet:&nbsp; 22.5" x 30"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><br /><br />The above monotypes are one-of-a-kind prints.&nbsp; The image is painted with printing inks on a plexiglass plate, using various brushes, rollers and marking tools.&nbsp; A sheet of acid-free printmaking paper is then placed over the image and pressure is applied to the back of the sheet to transfer the inked image to the paper.&nbsp; Each print is unique, since the original painting cannot be exactly duplicated.&nbsp; Sometimes a second print, called the "ghost" is pulled from the residual ink on the plate.&nbsp; The ghost often becomes the starting point for another print, as it is modified and re-worked.&nbsp; Several of these prints deal with variations on a similar set of forms and structures.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pPDlUuFzIQI/Txfb9aAEe-I/AAAAAAAACYs/RbqEhYoBOno/s1600/TumbleB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-6595510005612096304?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-36273427582674877402011-12-16T01:44:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:42:37.691-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tTYXiTSZlC8/TusSi9-PmMI/AAAAAAAACYg/gEOpPT66El8/s1600/Seasons_LamentB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="337" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tTYXiTSZlC8/TusSi9-PmMI/AAAAAAAACYg/gEOpPT66El8/s400/Seasons_LamentB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Charcoal and pencil on paper, 14" x 16.5"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-3627342758267487740?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-54209572576902710432011-12-16T01:40:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:39:48.276-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CuB3a81WrFU/TusRa_Ez0RI/AAAAAAAACYY/PX0YM-8uD-s/s1600/FlyoverB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="337" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CuB3a81WrFU/TusRa_Ez0RI/AAAAAAAACYY/PX0YM-8uD-s/s400/FlyoverB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Charcoal and pencil on paper, 14" x 16.5"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-5420957257690271043?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-76864994142973820862011-12-16T01:26:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:44:38.275-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--3H3di4xEHg/TusNfG-eOmI/AAAAAAAACX0/SNH_XozEdfE/s1600/Food_ChainB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="335" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--3H3di4xEHg/TusNfG-eOmI/AAAAAAAACX0/SNH_XozEdfE/s400/Food_ChainB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Charcoal and pencil on paper, 14" x 16.5"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-7686499414297382086?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-68204159827204717312011-12-16T01:20:00.000-08:002012-02-19T00:45:41.568-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EAw5BrVuCtE/TusIp8hCPhI/AAAAAAAACXs/WIO_s6VWsBk/s1600/The_Memory_of_MoistureB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EAw5BrVuCtE/TusIp8hCPhI/AAAAAAAACXs/WIO_s6VWsBk/s400/The_Memory_of_MoistureB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Charcoal and pencil on paper, 14" x 16.5"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-6820415982720471731?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-49429376939902979052011-10-20T21:55:00.000-07:002012-02-19T00:46:41.580-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WRmGKbvoDmo/TqD1Xz8670I/AAAAAAAACXE/fFjdyk8tWv0/s1600/Traveling_HarvestB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313px" rda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WRmGKbvoDmo/TqD1Xz8670I/AAAAAAAACXE/fFjdyk8tWv0/s400/Traveling_HarvestB.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Click image to enlarge<br /><br />Oil on board, 19" x 24"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><br />These recent paintings explore the nature of dreams and memory.&nbsp; Images, like random thoughts,&nbsp;drift into focus or recede into amorphous fields of color and tone.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-4942937693990297905?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-12686915144805824852011-07-28T22:47:00.000-07:002011-07-28T22:47:33.806-07:00Here's an update on my week spent making etchings at <a href="http://www.mightytieton.com/our_enterprises/goathead_press/">Goathead Press</a>, in Tieton, Washington. I'm grateful to the distinguished Seattle artists <a href="http://www.cs.washington.edu/building/art/RobertJones/">Bob</a> and <a href="http://www.cs.washington.edu/building/art/FayJones/">Fay Jones</a> for giving me the opportunity to work at their print studio. I had never made an etching. They devoted the entire week to assisting me in learning the ropes. Their generosity, patience and sense of humor made it a relaxing, pressure-free time of "playing" with the media.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-INg6vA4gJos/TjI3N2Z_00I/AAAAAAAACUo/9so7pGgODNw/s1600/Fay_Bob.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-INg6vA4gJos/TjI3N2Z_00I/AAAAAAAACUo/9so7pGgODNw/s320/Fay_Bob.jpg" t$="true" width="320px" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Fay and Bob Jones</em> <br /><br />In simplest terms, hard-ground etchings are created by scratching away a coating that has been applied to a metal plate (copper, in&nbsp;this case). The image is drawn on the plate with virtually any kind of sharp or semi-sharp tool. I ended up using a pencil most of the time. It's only necessary to scratch through the coating, not into the plate. Once the drawing is complete, the plate is submerged in a bath of Ferric Chloride (a corrosive salt)&nbsp;for 40 minutes or more to etch the drawn lines into the plate. After cleaning the coating off, a layer of ink is applied, then carefully wiped away, leaving most of the ink in the recessed lines. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1lp6MUyr_jg/TjI3_HionxI/AAAAAAAACUs/km-4uOKAb64/s1600/Bob_inking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1lp6MUyr_jg/TjI3_HionxI/AAAAAAAACUs/km-4uOKAb64/s320/Bob_inking.jpg" t$="true" width="320px" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Bob with freshly inked plate.</em> <br /><br />The plate is placed on the press bed and covered with a sheet of dampened paper. As the plate moves through the press the ink is transferred to the paper. The exciting part is that you never know exactly what it will look like until the printed piece is turned over.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KlDQaU5A-UY/TjI4k19Gw3I/AAAAAAAACUw/zP42V9odqFw/s1600/plate_on_press.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KlDQaU5A-UY/TjI4k19Gw3I/AAAAAAAACUw/zP42V9odqFw/s320/plate_on_press.jpg" t$="true" width="320px" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>An etching plate by my longtime friend Karen Quint, inked and ready to go through the press.</em> <br /><br />I completed two etchings dealing with themes I've been exploring recently. The stones for me speak of unimaginable periods of time--meditations on duration. I think of them as representatives of the living earth. While appearing solid and unchanging, their reality--like everything on this planet--is one of ceaseless change. Like us, they'll someday be dust. It will just take longer. <br /><br />The tumbling figure is borrowed from the pioneering work of the 19th century photographer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadweard_Muybridge">Eadweard Muybridge.</a> Muybridge created the first human and animal motion studies--a precursor of the motion picture. I began creating drawings and paintings based on his photos over twenty years ago and they still retain a poetic hold on my imagination. The sequential images are of course narratives of time. I think of the specific figure as a stand-in for self and, in a larger sense, a metaphor for humankind. The acrobat speaks of the risks and joys of life. He appears to have a measure of control, but the outcome is anything but certain. There's also a kind of ludicrous aspect to these prints--a nod to the "human comedy". Let's face it, they're kind of funny. <br /><br />The edition size of each print will be limited to only 10, with a small number of Artist's and Printer's Proofs.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-beYk-h0nzuo/TjINCMiD8hI/AAAAAAAACUc/yN9t-Wd2n1c/s1600/Tricky_Times_IB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="343px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-beYk-h0nzuo/TjINCMiD8hI/AAAAAAAACUc/yN9t-Wd2n1c/s400/Tricky_Times_IB.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Tricky Times I</strong> <br />Etching, artist's proof <br />Image size approx. 12" x 14" <br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Email</a> for purchase info<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9BZxliJpBos/TjINRMpULfI/AAAAAAAACUk/2klBx2_VvN4/s1600/Tricky_Times_IIB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9BZxliJpBos/TjINRMpULfI/AAAAAAAACUk/2klBx2_VvN4/s400/Tricky_Times_IIB.jpg" width="334px" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Tricky Times II</strong> <br />Etching, artist's proof <br />Image size approx. 14" x 12" <br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Email</a> for purchase info <br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-1268691514480582485?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-90033040683282227192011-07-12T01:29:00.001-07:002012-02-19T00:25:57.909-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cBFByNZq0S8/ThwE_HplHzI/AAAAAAAACUU/0wDFuk9tLp0/s1600/Frozen_MomentB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227px" m$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cBFByNZq0S8/ThwE_HplHzI/AAAAAAAACUU/0wDFuk9tLp0/s320/Frozen_MomentB.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Click image to enlarge</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic and mixed media on board, 7.5" x 10.5"</div><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-9003304068328222719?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-50670314293889037702011-07-12T01:09:00.001-07:002012-02-19T00:24:51.478-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y5GFYcYVVFA/Thv_8KvVCQI/AAAAAAAACUQ/RvCpMGl4Vmc/s1600/Halfway_%2528for-E.M%2529B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" m$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Y5GFYcYVVFA/Thv_8KvVCQI/AAAAAAAACUQ/RvCpMGl4Vmc/s320/Halfway_%2528for-E.M%2529B.jpg" width="318px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic and mixed-media on board, 10" x 10"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-5067031429388903770?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-12953380474994123532011-06-21T10:01:00.000-07:002012-02-19T00:23:12.830-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n_CmaDB3eZ8/TgDN2_VrOOI/AAAAAAAACT0/FqauGnTLDBA/s1600/This_InstantB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235px" i$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n_CmaDB3eZ8/TgDN2_VrOOI/AAAAAAAACT0/FqauGnTLDBA/s320/This_InstantB.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on Archival rag paper, 22" x 30"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-1295338047499412353?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-76727247273075441242011-06-21T09:52:00.000-07:002012-02-19T00:21:14.421-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bm-Ez0OiQEs/TgDLXL-vsqI/AAAAAAAACTo/XO2LJq2LX6o/s1600/One_in_TwoB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317px" i$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bm-Ez0OiQEs/TgDLXL-vsqI/AAAAAAAACTo/XO2LJq2LX6o/s320/One_in_TwoB.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on cradled board, 23" x 23"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-7672724727307544124?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-18505210426252885162011-05-29T02:17:00.000-07:002011-05-29T02:17:49.140-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K6cBf0QvVMo/TeILgqeBv8I/AAAAAAAACSw/fHs-A23YkG0/s1600/Tuscan_RedB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K6cBf0QvVMo/TeILgqeBv8I/AAAAAAAACSw/fHs-A23YkG0/s400/Tuscan_RedB.jpg" width="346px" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tuscan Red</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">acrylic and charcoal on paper, 6.75" x 5.75"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HREdHDFDvzo/TeILgrRft6I/AAAAAAAACS4/MA6HEMyRpRM/s1600/WinterscapeB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HREdHDFDvzo/TeILgrRft6I/AAAAAAAACS4/MA6HEMyRpRM/s400/WinterscapeB.jpg" width="232px" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Winterscape</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic and charcoal on paper, 8.5" x 5"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire </a>about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T7WnCHhNGx4/TeILgxUZEsI/AAAAAAAACTA/za02VBd2pg4/s1600/Horse_HeavenB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="314px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T7WnCHhNGx4/TeILgxUZEsI/AAAAAAAACTA/za02VBd2pg4/s400/Horse_HeavenB.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Horse Heaven</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic and charcoal on paper, 7" x 9"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mlO2lfm5Rj4/TeILhCAVAoI/AAAAAAAACTI/8itjrCoGG3o/s1600/Longscape_3B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="163px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mlO2lfm5Rj4/TeILhCAVAoI/AAAAAAAACTI/8itjrCoGG3o/s400/Longscape_3B.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Longscape 3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic and charcoal on paper, 4.5" x 11"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-1850521042625288516?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-43263948807575726422011-04-19T02:06:00.000-07:002011-04-19T02:06:14.103-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-meWSPgX6UXM/Ta1LMp9KueI/AAAAAAAACRI/AE6hKK56rL4/s1600/BetweenB.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-meWSPgX6UXM/Ta1LMp9KueI/AAAAAAAACRI/AE6hKK56rL4/s400/BetweenB.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Between</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oil over acrylic, 23" x 23"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A rework from this painting's earlier state (see April 4 post below.)&nbsp; Also, a couple of drawing studies working out the gesture I wanted for the figure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-euUTiwaCM9U/Ta1LaFsBr-I/AAAAAAAACRQ/DcpnKLWQnzk/s1600/Study_for_Between_1B.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-euUTiwaCM9U/Ta1LaFsBr-I/AAAAAAAACRQ/DcpnKLWQnzk/s400/Study_for_Between_1B.jpg" width="258px" /></a></div><br />Study #1 for "Between"<br />Pencil and charcoal on bristol, 14" x 9"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dAXXxoo8R58/Ta1LaTi2EjI/AAAAAAAACRY/54PsDP9EbGs/s1600/Study_for_Between_2B.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dAXXxoo8R58/Ta1LaTi2EjI/AAAAAAAACRY/54PsDP9EbGs/s400/Study_for_Between_2B.jpg" width="257px" /></a></div><br />Study #2 for "Between"<br />Pencil and charcoal on bristol, 14" x 9"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-4326394880757572642?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-74193281135018704032011-04-04T01:12:00.000-07:002011-04-05T11:16:29.075-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1Mqa_ZVACUE/TZlr9aIaDkI/AAAAAAAACQ4/c0LQKVl0UWM/s1600/Afoot_in_the_GardenB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1Mqa_ZVACUE/TZlr9aIaDkI/AAAAAAAACQ4/c0LQKVl0UWM/s400/Afoot_in_the_GardenB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Afoot in the Garden</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on board, 23" x 23"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W2s9MWZcpqc/TZlr9Yv2K_I/AAAAAAAACQw/jZgGOc3ZZow/s1600/BetweenB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="399" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W2s9MWZcpqc/TZlr9Yv2K_I/AAAAAAAACQw/jZgGOc3ZZow/s400/BetweenB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Between</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on board, 23" x 23"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These paintings may be complete, but will need some getting acquainted time before&nbsp;it's decided for sure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I&nbsp;try to begin at square one&nbsp;with each blank canvas--to empty out preconceived ideas and just start applying paint as randomly as possible.&nbsp; Paintings&nbsp;will live a life of their own, if you will let them.&nbsp; In the midst of this process I try to listen to&nbsp;the painting&nbsp;instead of bossing it around.&nbsp;&nbsp;A give and take evolves between&nbsp;my intuitive nature--where I really want to stay--and the analytical side, which inevitably&nbsp;starts asserting itself as I make decisions on which leads to follow.&nbsp; </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've been wanting for a long time to re-introduce figures into&nbsp;the paintings, so with these two works I'm jumping in the water.&nbsp; </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 14.4pt;"><span style="color: #3a3e1d; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: #0c343d;">Artists and writers - like ritual magicians - know that the ego, the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">conscious</span> self, does not really create anything. Instead, all our training and preparation serves to allow us to get out of the way. Something moves through us. Something wants to be created. This is what it means to experience magic, to open yourself to the power of life.</span></em></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">~&nbsp;<em><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Tarot-Reversals/dp/1567182852">Tarot Reversals</a>, by Mary K. Greer</span></em></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-7419328113501870403?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-21849570192682245772011-03-21T00:12:00.000-07:002011-03-24T00:33:13.377-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EIJneuuR4lc/TYb54RatkVI/AAAAAAAACQU/CnLeyxfMt4k/s1600/Small_Window_of_TimeB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EIJneuuR4lc/TYb54RatkVI/AAAAAAAACQU/CnLeyxfMt4k/s400/Small_Window_of_TimeB.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Acrylic on board, 23" x 23", 2011<br />Click image to enlarge<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-2184957019268224577?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-6391525467381218532011-03-21T00:06:00.000-07:002011-03-24T00:35:35.782-07:00<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3AOLI7OUuMU/TYb4CzsDOgI/AAAAAAAACQE/uV0FbcGK8H0/s1600/One_Thing_For_SureB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3AOLI7OUuMU/TYb4CzsDOgI/AAAAAAAACQE/uV0FbcGK8H0/s400/One_Thing_For_SureB.jpg" style="cursor: move;" unselectable="on" width="399" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Acrylic on board, 23" x 23", 2011<br />Click image to enlarge<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><img height="96" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3AOLI7OUuMU/TYb4CzsDOgI/AAAAAAAACQE/uV0FbcGK8H0/s400/One_Thing_For_SureB.jpg" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 188px; mozopacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 113px; visibility: hidden;" width="95" /> <br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-639152546738121853?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-90458940075937527932011-03-20T23:56:00.000-07:002011-03-24T00:36:13.749-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UBjqPKYM3dA/TYb12KYdOuI/AAAAAAAACP8/ozUhPRZyPuI/s1600/Holding_Up_The_SkyB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UBjqPKYM3dA/TYb12KYdOuI/AAAAAAAACP8/ozUhPRZyPuI/s400/Holding_Up_The_SkyB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Acrylic on board, 23" x 23", 2011<br />Click image to enlarge<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-9045894007593752793?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-79129724614466091542011-03-12T23:24:00.000-08:002011-03-24T00:45:34.108-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kxxEieoKOo8/TXxxdY2kfQI/AAAAAAAACO4/bPb7IB9DZqY/s1600/VolkanB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="140" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kxxEieoKOo8/TXxxdY2kfQI/AAAAAAAACO4/bPb7IB9DZqY/s400/VolkanB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Acrylic on 4 sheets paper, each sheet 13" x 11", 2011<br />Click image to enlarge<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><br />I've been playing with manipulating the paint using trowels and scraping tools. Each piece is done independently, then later I start putting them in arrangements like this. The search is for a visual narrative--a point where each segment starts rhythmically "speaking" to the others. <br /><br />I plan to mount these sheets on cradled supports and then varnish, so they won't require framing under glass.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-7912972461446609154?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-14835240263080169382011-03-12T23:19:00.000-08:002011-03-22T01:33:05.984-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZSz8xRn24Mw/TXxvgsQWTVI/AAAAAAAACOo/fg4rsv0CwXQ/s1600/Forecast_%2528Heaven_Earth%2529B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZSz8xRn24Mw/TXxvgsQWTVI/AAAAAAAACOo/fg4rsv0CwXQ/s400/Forecast_%2528Heaven_Earth%2529B.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Oil on canvas, 54" x 96", 2011<br />Click image to enlarge<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire </a>about this piece<br /><br /><br />This large painting in the Heaven and Earth series was begun in early December 2010. The painting process was documented with a photo after each day's work. When I thought the painting was complete, I made a video. Later I decided it needed more work, so I ended up making a second video. As you see below, there are now three videos. I'm still not sure I'm through with it, or--more accurately--whether it's through with me.<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="330" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fILE_97zZlk?rel=0" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="330" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/D-el4-ADv7s?rel=0" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="330" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KM0OtxL7jlk?rel=0" title="YouTube video player" width="400"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-1483524026308016938?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-84066924870871117152011-03-12T23:03:00.000-08:002011-03-21T00:32:12.938-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nBrBDmLoItE/TXxrUDH7oeI/AAAAAAAACOY/RBGNq5tFOr0/s1600/ScoriaB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nBrBDmLoItE/TXxrUDH7oeI/AAAAAAAACOY/RBGNq5tFOr0/s400/ScoriaB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Acrylic on paper, 15" x 22.5", 2011<br />Click image to enlarge<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-8406692487087111715?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-66966632121168576112011-03-12T22:58:00.000-08:002011-03-21T00:33:53.302-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Ctrpofcoeg/TXxqwmqsp0I/AAAAAAAACOQ/DZ5AEPWTzlE/s1600/Rising_SpringB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Ctrpofcoeg/TXxqwmqsp0I/AAAAAAAACOQ/DZ5AEPWTzlE/s400/Rising_SpringB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Acrylic on paper, 22" x 30", 2011<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-6696663212116857611?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-76812985983537672852011-03-12T22:55:00.000-08:002011-03-21T00:35:46.020-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x_NebNW-xbk/TXxp7i8ufII/AAAAAAAACOI/H4CWvuzYTQY/s1600/MapB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x_NebNW-xbk/TXxp7i8ufII/AAAAAAAACOI/H4CWvuzYTQY/s400/MapB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Acrylic on paper, 22" x 30"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire </a>about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-7681298598353767285?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-50804005314682562912011-03-12T22:48:00.000-08:002011-03-21T00:37:20.731-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wrh30icUgyY/TXxoQtpoLCI/AAAAAAAACOA/csjcYmndYqA/s1600/Distant_StoneB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wrh30icUgyY/TXxoQtpoLCI/AAAAAAAACOA/csjcYmndYqA/s400/Distant_StoneB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Acrylic on paper, 22" x 30", 2011<br />Click image to enlarge<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-5080400531468256291?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-1142543658278150202011-03-12T22:30:00.000-08:002011-04-08T00:13:52.462-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iYMvxD5T-qs/TXwnZ8T0BrI/AAAAAAAACNA/aWphXNaPVX0/s1600/Heaven_and_Earth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iYMvxD5T-qs/TXwnZ8T0BrI/AAAAAAAACNA/aWphXNaPVX0/s400/Heaven_and_Earth.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Charcoal on paper, eight sheets arranged in vertical pairs<br />Each pair approx. 44" x 26"<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uJzBKSrB9_g/TXxlrgah5PI/AAAAAAAACNo/LJefv-6AVLY/s1600/Heaven_Earth_series_1det.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uJzBKSrB9_g/TXxlrgah5PI/AAAAAAAACNo/LJefv-6AVLY/s400/Heaven_Earth_series_1det.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Detail, #1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K9qdHPoCCEc/TXxlryWS-3I/AAAAAAAACNw/Dvi3IUk2LHI/s1600/Heaven_Earth_series_3det.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K9qdHPoCCEc/TXxlryWS-3I/AAAAAAAACNw/Dvi3IUk2LHI/s400/Heaven_Earth_series_3det.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Detail, #3<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-114254365827815020?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-11314768880449868862011-03-12T17:47:00.000-08:002011-03-21T00:39:48.673-07:00Click image to enlarge.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-auGoKUr2qF8/TXwikZpBpSI/AAAAAAAACLo/Hfon0GLwbR4/s1600/Currents_H%2526A_B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="122" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-auGoKUr2qF8/TXwikZpBpSI/AAAAAAAACLo/Hfon0GLwbR4/s400/Currents_H%2526A_B.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Charcoal on paper, 4 sheets, each sheet 22" x 30", 2011<br />Inquire about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-1131476888044986886?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-64534540384727493812011-03-12T17:30:00.000-08:002011-03-12T17:37:09.057-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N5_cqNo3cSg/TXwe-nl2EHI/AAAAAAAACLQ/MlBSSb1O-0o/s1600/Three_Skies_for_our...jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N5_cqNo3cSg/TXwe-nl2EHI/AAAAAAAACLQ/MlBSSb1O-0o/s400/Three_Skies_for_our...jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Oil on board, 3 panels, each panel 23" x 23"<br />Click image to enlarge<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire </a>about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-6453454038472749381?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-53213137351186892162011-03-12T17:24:00.000-08:002011-03-12T17:24:28.525-08:00Click images to enlarge.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K8VftPWMu_o/TXwZ4gDaZDI/AAAAAAAACK4/w9xgucI3IWE/s1600/Depart_Return.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K8VftPWMu_o/TXwZ4gDaZDI/AAAAAAAACK4/w9xgucI3IWE/s400/Depart_Return.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Depart/Return</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Charcoal and pencil on paper, 22" x 30", 2011</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zeo5sxnhbnI/TXwZvS-obwI/AAAAAAAACKw/aTnnbWNqTK4/s1600/Getting_Late.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zeo5sxnhbnI/TXwZvS-obwI/AAAAAAAACKw/aTnnbWNqTK4/s400/Getting_Late.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Getting Late</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Charcoal and watercolor on paper, 9" x 7.5", 2010</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jdXd62MtETA/TXwZSdhokRI/AAAAAAAACKQ/VuoqkQAMAuM/s1600/Passing_Storm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jdXd62MtETA/TXwZSdhokRI/AAAAAAAACKQ/VuoqkQAMAuM/s400/Passing_Storm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>A Passing Storm</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Charcoal and watercolor on paper, 7.5" x 16"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Collection Whitman College&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_9WTjOafvuc/TXwZSlcoDVI/AAAAAAAACKY/dZkkt92RqeU/s1600/The_Peaks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="169" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_9WTjOafvuc/TXwZSlcoDVI/AAAAAAAACKY/dZkkt92RqeU/s400/The_Peaks.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>The Peaks</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Graphite, charcoal and watercolor on paper, 9" x 20.5", 2010</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WohC_LH-ny4/TXwZS4wOYRI/AAAAAAAACKg/Pxv2jsVp9UU/s1600/Three_Views_on_a_Fresh_Day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WohC_LH-ny4/TXwZS4wOYRI/AAAAAAAACKg/Pxv2jsVp9UU/s400/Three_Views_on_a_Fresh_Day.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><em>Three Views on a Fresh Day</em><br />Graphite, charcoal and acrylic on paper, 9" x 15.5", 2010<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-5321313735118689216?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-69315150704656866662011-03-12T16:58:00.000-08:002011-03-23T01:58:48.617-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oE0Ji8j6-tI/TXwV9VnHVFI/AAAAAAAACKA/i1Gwg5MWAdE/s1600/Heaven_and_Earth--Rising.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oE0Ji8j6-tI/TXwV9VnHVFI/AAAAAAAACKA/i1Gwg5MWAdE/s400/Heaven_and_Earth--Rising.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Charcoal and acrylic on two joined sheets paper, 22" x 60", 2010<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><br />A few days after my mother passed away in 2009, I shot some <a href="http://www.dailyartwest.com/2009/12/heres-some-video-i-shot-yesterday-of.html"><span style="color: #9d1961;">video</span></a> of clouds rolling over the top of Craig Mountain. I began some charcoal drawings loosely based on the video. As the cloud drawings developed it seemed in my mind they were linked to the stones that I had already been working with. I began experimenting with combinations, and this piece is one of the results. I called the resulting series "Heaven and Earth."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-6931515070465686666?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-62727462277635198512011-03-12T16:36:00.000-08:002011-03-12T16:49:52.548-08:00Click image to enlarge.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d2hQi6aVL00/TXwUJ7eOgrI/AAAAAAAACJw/y-evn5SZqPM/s1600/Three_Stones_Lucky_Dog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="159" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d2hQi6aVL00/TXwUJ7eOgrI/AAAAAAAACJw/y-evn5SZqPM/s400/Three_Stones_Lucky_Dog.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Three Stones (Lucky Dog)</em><br />Oil on board, 3 panels, each panel 23" x 23", 2009<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-6272746227763519851?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-58722152771750438372011-03-12T16:12:00.000-08:002011-03-12T16:13:22.390-08:00Click images to enlarge.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k9iybXz5grc/TXwIsi6D5GI/AAAAAAAACIw/4LaStKzVBNc/s1600/Four_Stones_H_G_whitebkB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="141" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k9iybXz5grc/TXwIsi6D5GI/AAAAAAAACIw/4LaStKzVBNc/s400/Four_Stones_H_G_whitebkB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Four Stones (Higher Ground)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oil on board, 4 panels, each panel 23" x 23", 2009</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Inquire about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6aCbFfY4quk/TXwItN9odHI/AAAAAAAACI4/XBjuZHqZtPc/s1600/Four_Stones_H_G_studioB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6aCbFfY4quk/TXwItN9odHI/AAAAAAAACI4/XBjuZHqZtPc/s400/Four_Stones_H_G_studioB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Four Stones (Higher Ground) Studio view</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9YPbLjgm8TU/TXwItTNqsBI/AAAAAAAACJA/YIz-44SJT5I/s1600/Four_Stones_det1B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9YPbLjgm8TU/TXwItTNqsBI/AAAAAAAACJA/YIz-44SJT5I/s400/Four_Stones_det1B.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Detail, <em>Four Stones (Higher Ground)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oil on board, 23" x 23"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jpZqa5T1L90/TXwItpRQpDI/AAAAAAAACJI/Ces7e5GYKmQ/s1600/Four_Stones_det2B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jpZqa5T1L90/TXwItpRQpDI/AAAAAAAACJI/Ces7e5GYKmQ/s400/Four_Stones_det2B.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Detail, <em>Four Stones (Higher Ground)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oil on board, 23" x 23"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pyOxCTq58aM/TXwIt1e-xLI/AAAAAAAACJQ/2ZxpHqqT7NU/s1600/Four_Stones_det4B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pyOxCTq58aM/TXwIt1e-xLI/AAAAAAAACJQ/2ZxpHqqT7NU/s400/Four_Stones_det4B.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Detail, <em>Four Stones (Higher Ground)</em><br />Oil on board, 23" x 23"</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-5872215277175043837?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-92227142464862111482011-03-12T15:15:00.000-08:002011-03-24T01:51:41.617-07:00Click images to enlarge.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dfFt2zgafVE/TXv2axoWHbI/AAAAAAAACHw/5b1BmXk-MkA/s1600/Nine_Stones_prog1_whitebkB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dfFt2zgafVE/TXv2axoWHbI/AAAAAAAACHw/5b1BmXk-MkA/s400/Nine_Stones_prog1_whitebkB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Nine Stones (Progression 1)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oil on board, 2 panels, each panel 23" x 23", 2009</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hT8lSLFVVPQ/TXv19_eNxII/AAAAAAAACHA/GO-toXMj2FU/s1600/Nine_Stones_prog2_whitebkB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="161" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hT8lSLFVVPQ/TXv19_eNxII/AAAAAAAACHA/GO-toXMj2FU/s400/Nine_Stones_prog2_whitebkB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Nine Stones (Progression 2)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oil on board, 3 panels, each panel 23" x 23", 2009</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9bP8_OTq9UE/TXv1-WtdGfI/AAAAAAAACHI/g-2F4cmZi7Y/s1600/Nine_Stones_prog3_whitebkB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="141" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9bP8_OTq9UE/TXv1-WtdGfI/AAAAAAAACHI/g-2F4cmZi7Y/s400/Nine_Stones_prog3_whitebkB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Nine Stones (Progression 3)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oil on board, 4 panels, each panel 23" x 23"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zyYw10cs6Iw/TXv1-SKy4GI/AAAAAAAACHQ/fPO1TFDhNiw/s1600/Nine_Stones_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zyYw10cs6Iw/TXv1-SKy4GI/AAAAAAAACHQ/fPO1TFDhNiw/s400/Nine_Stones_1.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Nine Stones (detail from Progression 1)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oil on board, 23" x 23"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YS-OLzAsLZU/TXv1-hEsfqI/AAAAAAAACHY/d9oY8zberl0/s1600/Nine_Stones_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YS-OLzAsLZU/TXv1-hEsfqI/AAAAAAAACHY/d9oY8zberl0/s400/Nine_Stones_5.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Nine Stones (detail from Progression 2)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oil on board, 23" x 23"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WztY1m_RavU/TXv2HYKhXaI/AAAAAAAACHg/A_Fjgbrlw7I/s1600/Nine_Stones_6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="399" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WztY1m_RavU/TXv2HYKhXaI/AAAAAAAACHg/A_Fjgbrlw7I/s400/Nine_Stones_6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Nine Stones (detail from Progression 3)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oil on board, 23" x 23"</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UUx7yhAoZeY/TXv2HpGK7yI/AAAAAAAACHo/qaEmmVi5Ybw/s1600/Nine_Stones_9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UUx7yhAoZeY/TXv2HpGK7yI/AAAAAAAACHo/qaEmmVi5Ybw/s400/Nine_Stones_9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Nine Stones (detail from Progression 3)</em><br />Oil on board, 23" x 23"<br /><br />This series is intended as a single work, composed of&nbsp;&nbsp;nine separate panels.&nbsp; They are displayed in three groupings, or "progressions", with 11" spacing between panels. <br /><br />The&nbsp;piece had a pretty prosaic beginning. It grew out of my becoming aware of boulders that had been placed around the edge of a small gravel parking lot out at Ladd Marsh, near my home. Their repetition and regular spacing appealed to me--I had&nbsp;done&nbsp;paintings in the past using multiple panels and&nbsp;repeated images.&nbsp; Their visual narratives&nbsp;always seemed to me to be&nbsp;reflections on the nature of time and states of change.<br /><br />I got to thinking about these common rocks, and how uncommon they really are. Native American and other indigenous peoples around the world think of the entire earth as a living organism, while the history of our modern culture has been one of separating humans from nature. It occurred to me that the only reason we think of a rock as inanimate is because its lifespan is unimaginably longer than our own. Suddenly I could sense the "life" in these stones, as a vital part of the living earth.<br /><br />In the paintings, it seemed important to stay true to their individual shapes--after all, these are "portraits." It may seem silly, but it's even important to me that they are displayed in the order I've placed them, which is their actual relationship at the Marsh. But I've tried to paint them in a way that is less literal, in hopes of expressing the living energy I sense in them. My hope was to somehow ground them in observed reality, while at the same time implying a larger reality beyond our comprehension. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-9222714246486211148?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-11905320235070016162011-03-11T22:15:00.000-08:002011-03-25T02:27:13.793-07:00A series that grew out of the simplest of games.&nbsp; I enjoyed using the grid structure and X/O's as a starting point&nbsp;that I could then play around with in many different ways--exploring the notion of freedom within self-imposed constraints.<br /><br />Click images to enlarge.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZS5dHa6DSiM/TXsKi1QQBJI/AAAAAAAACFA/4Qvh_hZ4fq0/s1600/Pendant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZS5dHa6DSiM/TXsKi1QQBJI/AAAAAAAACFA/4Qvh_hZ4fq0/s400/Pendant.jpg" width="351" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Pendant (Game)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on museum board, 13" x 11.5"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire </a>about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z-UWOjmeEkw/TXsKjFIZGkI/AAAAAAAACFI/ZUlLBHyuSw0/s1600/Shapescape.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z-UWOjmeEkw/TXsKjFIZGkI/AAAAAAAACFI/ZUlLBHyuSw0/s400/Shapescape.jpg" width="349" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Shapescape (Game)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on museum board, 13" x 11.5", 2003</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire </a>about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MXYHPfaKiT8/TXsKjUNELRI/AAAAAAAACFQ/XFpZsW0SKLE/s1600/Forest-Camp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="373" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MXYHPfaKiT8/TXsKjUNELRI/AAAAAAAACFQ/XFpZsW0SKLE/s400/Forest-Camp.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Forest Camp (Game)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on board, 28" x 30"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jAYr5VU8174/TXsKjSuGbSI/AAAAAAAACFY/VCthy3DO0i0/s1600/Willem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jAYr5VU8174/TXsKjSuGbSI/AAAAAAAACFY/VCthy3DO0i0/s400/Willem.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Willem (Game)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on museum board, 13" x 9.5", 2007</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oFbfvoz-QLQ/TXsK7IVB6ZI/AAAAAAAACFg/Dhr9ow520_w/s1600/Growth_Plan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oFbfvoz-QLQ/TXsK7IVB6ZI/AAAAAAAACFg/Dhr9ow520_w/s400/Growth_Plan.jpg" width="361" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Growth Plan (Game) </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on museum board, 13.5" x 12"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire </a>about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zQJSvUP-3qA/TXsK7BMzuTI/AAAAAAAACFo/bZXQe6zDcXo/s1600/YGB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zQJSvUP-3qA/TXsK7BMzuTI/AAAAAAAACFo/bZXQe6zDcXo/s400/YGB.jpg" width="350" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>YGB (Game)</em></div><div style="text-align: left;">Acrylic on museum board, 12.5" x 11", 2007</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e1G1zVbznr8/TXsKisi6KJI/AAAAAAAACE4/BMLRCFQOViA/s400/Colorful_Night.jpg" width="314" /><br /><br /><em>Colorful Night (Game) </em><br />Acrylic on museum board, 13" x 11.5", 2003<br />Private collection<br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-1190532023507001616?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-79324680100410151202011-03-11T21:49:00.000-08:002011-03-12T15:20:53.215-08:00Click images to enlarge.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gui2ibszUbU/TXsFzsmT3mI/AAAAAAAACEY/VFSXPI-pZ8w/s1600/Edge_of_Paradise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gui2ibszUbU/TXsFzsmT3mI/AAAAAAAACEY/VFSXPI-pZ8w/s400/Edge_of_Paradise.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Edge of Paradise</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oil on canvas, 60" x 78"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private Collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wM2RMFCJVf4/TXsFz6e439I/AAAAAAAACEg/9G7OpsCzis0/s1600/Just_Released.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wM2RMFCJVf4/TXsFz6e439I/AAAAAAAACEg/9G7OpsCzis0/s400/Just_Released.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Just Released</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on canvas, 12" x 12"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private Collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1rkptiYSGiY/TXsF0L2gULI/AAAAAAAACEo/tvZhqBTQM38/s1600/Tight_Scrape.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1rkptiYSGiY/TXsF0L2gULI/AAAAAAAACEo/tvZhqBTQM38/s400/Tight_Scrape.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Tight Scrape</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on canvas, 12" x 12"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ruqSDfZ11O4/TXsD30_U-2I/AAAAAAAACD4/VK6Ma2EuLt8/s1600/Jasper_In_Beadland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ruqSDfZ11O4/TXsD30_U-2I/AAAAAAAACD4/VK6Ma2EuLt8/s400/Jasper_In_Beadland.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Jasper in Beadland</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Charcoal, solvent transfer and collage on paper, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">18" x 14", 2001</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire </a>about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BiS96f3ob9I/TXsD4CCY77I/AAAAAAAACEA/RiSplcBthSg/s1600/Tricky_Combo_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BiS96f3ob9I/TXsD4CCY77I/AAAAAAAACEA/RiSplcBthSg/s400/Tricky_Combo_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Tricky Combo 1</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on paper, 17.5" x 17.5", 1997</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3heUMbfsDwU/TXsD4Vn29bI/AAAAAAAACEI/H1OQ-Uac8tQ/s1600/Tricky_Combo_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="399" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3heUMbfsDwU/TXsD4Vn29bI/AAAAAAAACEI/H1OQ-Uac8tQ/s400/Tricky_Combo_3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><em>Tricky Combo 3</em></div><div style="text-align: left;">Acrylic on paper, 17.5" x 17.5", 1997</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire </a>about this piece</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-7932468010041015120?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-34986022774569677192011-03-11T21:12:00.000-08:002011-03-24T01:57:24.259-07:00Some are imaginary. Some are loosely derived from Civil War era photographs or old master paintings. Click images to enlarge.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MhYNKFWMtsg/TXr13SmAYRI/AAAAAAAACDQ/LMm_7Y72tb4/s1600/Young_Poet1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MhYNKFWMtsg/TXr13SmAYRI/AAAAAAAACDQ/LMm_7Y72tb4/s400/Young_Poet1.jpg" width="307" /></a><em></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Young Poet 1</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Charcoal on paper, 24" x 18", 1999</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sgoggJeAEDA/TXr13-9fqzI/AAAAAAAACDg/rNKgEN3iRnY/s1600/Smiling_John_Brown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sgoggJeAEDA/TXr13-9fqzI/AAAAAAAACDg/rNKgEN3iRnY/s400/Smiling_John_Brown.jpg" width="355" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Smiling John Brown</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oil on gessoed paper, 30" x 20"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MIJLtdAVK0U/TXr137UtiDI/AAAAAAAACDo/5HGhnDMMAFA/s1600/Young_Woman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MIJLtdAVK0U/TXr137UtiDI/AAAAAAAACDo/5HGhnDMMAFA/s400/Young_Woman.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Young Woman</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">charcoal and pencil on paper, 24" x 18", 1999</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tyrv2DsY8Lc/TXr1H5GYbHI/AAAAAAAACCo/v1uWwwYQowg/s1600/Union_Officer1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tyrv2DsY8Lc/TXr1H5GYbHI/AAAAAAAACCo/v1uWwwYQowg/s400/Union_Officer1.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Union Officer 1</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Charcoal and oil on paper, 32" x 20", 1999</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire </a>about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JmR5UIN1s9k/TXr1IJeyzhI/AAAAAAAACCw/IRnqUDuAAU8/s1600/Confed_Officer1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JmR5UIN1s9k/TXr1IJeyzhI/AAAAAAAACCw/IRnqUDuAAU8/s400/Confed_Officer1.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Confederate Officer 1</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Charcoal and oil on paper, 32" x 20", 1999</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-otSykJv8upw/TXr1Icf5Y3I/AAAAAAAACC4/TL6LdgYL1rc/s1600/Frederick_Douglass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-otSykJv8upw/TXr1Icf5Y3I/AAAAAAAACC4/TL6LdgYL1rc/s400/Frederick_Douglass.jpg" width="324" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Frederick Douglass</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Charcoal and oil on paper, 40" x 32", 1999</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lb5QbtyH2b0/TXr1InY6dCI/AAAAAAAACDA/hHCw92wDEd4/s1600/General_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lb5QbtyH2b0/TXr1InY6dCI/AAAAAAAACDA/hHCw92wDEd4/s400/General_1.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>General 1</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Charcoal, pencil and oil on paper, 40" x 32"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7q9xNPy-bKI/TXr1JGfKA7I/AAAAAAAACDI/fiaay55ilbQ/s1600/Slave1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7q9xNPy-bKI/TXr1JGfKA7I/AAAAAAAACDI/fiaay55ilbQ/s400/Slave1.jpg" width="322" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Slave 1</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oil on canvas, 16" x 12", 1999</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3C2YYc3AmNY/TXr0jB9qXHI/AAAAAAAACCA/vxJi7D2BMTU/s1600/Daydreamer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3C2YYc3AmNY/TXr0jB9qXHI/AAAAAAAACCA/vxJi7D2BMTU/s400/Daydreamer.jpg" width="371" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Daydreamer</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on laminated paper, 18" x 16.5" x 1.5", 1992</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private Collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dQSbfcyr0rE/TXr0jc_BnaI/AAAAAAAACCI/YvG3CmAIX1c/s1600/Fairly_Young_Frank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dQSbfcyr0rE/TXr0jc_BnaI/AAAAAAAACCI/YvG3CmAIX1c/s400/Fairly_Young_Frank.jpg" width="337" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Fairly Young Frank</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on laminated paper, 20.25" x 17" x 1.5", 1992</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private Collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U_81xkK8_iQ/TXr0jlO2thI/AAAAAAAACCQ/7wSU31n65sA/s1600/Leonardos_Lady.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U_81xkK8_iQ/TXr0jlO2thI/AAAAAAAACCQ/7wSU31n65sA/s400/Leonardos_Lady.jpg" width="365" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Leonardo's Lady</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on laminated paper, 20.5" x 19" x 1.5", 1993</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private Collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hc6rvJPS9xo/TXr0jkRKj3I/AAAAAAAACCY/AACurG8Zr1Y/s1600/The_Stray_Ermine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hc6rvJPS9xo/TXr0jkRKj3I/AAAAAAAACCY/AACurG8Zr1Y/s400/The_Stray_Ermine.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>The Stray Ermine</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on laminated paper, 18" x 29.5" x 1.5", 1993</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-3498602277456967719?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-74371745448145661662011-03-11T18:15:00.000-08:002011-03-12T15:43:29.887-08:00Click images to enlarge.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Or9QwXJDpr4/TXwEUl-OGVI/AAAAAAAACIA/efTYh5LztmM/s1600/Could_We_Be_Together.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Or9QwXJDpr4/TXwEUl-OGVI/AAAAAAAACIA/efTYh5LztmM/s400/Could_We_Be_Together.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em>Could We Be Together?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">acrylic on laminated paper, 3 sections, 69.5" x 54" x 3", 1991</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private Collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-koSriM6SU4E/TXrI9YVKe9I/AAAAAAAACAg/irm0U5Tr1g8/s1600/Black_Ice.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="282" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-koSriM6SU4E/TXrI9YVKe9I/AAAAAAAACAg/irm0U5Tr1g8/s400/Black_Ice.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Black Ice</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Charcoal on paper, 40" x 60", 1989</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire </a>about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UmsRJLOm2UU/TXrJqXh5ayI/AAAAAAAACBI/_yYYqrxrqwQ/s1600/Finnegan_Begin_Again.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UmsRJLOm2UU/TXrJqXh5ayI/AAAAAAAACBI/_yYYqrxrqwQ/s400/Finnegan_Begin_Again.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Finnegan, Begin Again</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on laminated paper, 81" x 23" x 2.5", 1991</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private Collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qLwumNoftzc/TXrJqtmxdpI/AAAAAAAACBQ/Ir0l_8IdBNY/s1600/Dif_Times_Dif_Days.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="203" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qLwumNoftzc/TXrJqtmxdpI/AAAAAAAACBQ/Ir0l_8IdBNY/s400/Dif_Times_Dif_Days.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Different Times, Different Days</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on board, 48" x 96"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Collection Washington State University Medical Center</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k2scLV9gp1w/TXrJq2U4G9I/AAAAAAAACBY/4HykLQcy0hA/s1600/Restoration.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k2scLV9gp1w/TXrJq2U4G9I/AAAAAAAACBY/4HykLQcy0hA/s400/Restoration.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Restoration</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on board, 72" x 48", 1990</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private Collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f1sVfopfrRA/TXrJrZ6duGI/AAAAAAAACBg/3Sa8AKf8zMQ/s1600/It_Wants_be_Yellow.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f1sVfopfrRA/TXrJrZ6duGI/AAAAAAAACBg/3Sa8AKf8zMQ/s400/It_Wants_be_Yellow.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>It Wants to be Yellow</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on board, 72" x 48", 1990</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private Collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SxEv-6jm0m0/TXrKGaPUB7I/AAAAAAAACBo/abQJc6hrtfs/s1600/Mediterranean_Sailors.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SxEv-6jm0m0/TXrKGaPUB7I/AAAAAAAACBo/abQJc6hrtfs/s400/Mediterranean_Sailors.jpg" width="321" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Mediterranean Sailors</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on board, 60" x 48", 1990</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private Collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cNXozZMKfcs/TXrKGitvhxI/AAAAAAAACBw/Pu5ddpUpH9I/s1600/Sleepless_Nights.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="379" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cNXozZMKfcs/TXrKGitvhxI/AAAAAAAACBw/Pu5ddpUpH9I/s400/Sleepless_Nights.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Sleepless Nights</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on board, 36" x 36", 1990</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private Collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o3uWfTxBFwc/TXrKGi23oOI/AAAAAAAACB4/9oZN80bEKIc/s1600/What_U_R_Like.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o3uWfTxBFwc/TXrKGi23oOI/AAAAAAAACB4/9oZN80bEKIc/s400/What_U_R_Like.jpg" width="327" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>What You Are Like</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oil on canvas, 79" x 64.5", 1996</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MgAnVfibVXA/TXrI9n6YP3I/AAAAAAAACAo/_LEndXVEC_A/s1600/The_Skeptics.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="166" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MgAnVfibVXA/TXrI9n6YP3I/AAAAAAAACAo/_LEndXVEC_A/s400/The_Skeptics.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><strong><em>The Skeptics</em></strong><br />Acrylic on canvas diptych, 24" x 48", 1991<br /><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece<br /><br /><br /><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kDJAfS98sKc/TXrI9q1cZGI/AAAAAAAACAw/zvkH7KnO7AI/s1600/The_Heat_and_the_Dry_Air.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kDJAfS98sKc/TXrI9q1cZGI/AAAAAAAACAw/zvkH7KnO7AI/s400/The_Heat_and_the_Dry_Air.jpg" width="163" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>The Heat and the Dry Air</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on laminated paper, 97" x 18" x 3", 1991</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private Collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p_A4ACkmpUg/TXrI94WdBTI/AAAAAAAACA4/7faE8d2tR0I/s1600/Traveling_Closer_to_Home.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="181" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p_A4ACkmpUg/TXrI94WdBTI/AAAAAAAACA4/7faE8d2tR0I/s400/Traveling_Closer_to_Home.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Traveling Closer to Home</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on board, 3 panels, 48" x 90", 1990</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Collection Oregon Dept.of Transportation</div><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-901xXPPMwXE/TXrHq83ROwI/AAAAAAAAB_4/JFC5uu5oCiI/s1600/Night_of_Snow_in_Mtns.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="161" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-901xXPPMwXE/TXrHq83ROwI/AAAAAAAAB_4/JFC5uu5oCiI/s400/Night_of_Snow_in_Mtns.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>A Night of Snow in the Mountains</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oil on canvas, 29.5" x 74", 1986</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Collection Microsoft Corporation</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/---UkRGGpQ5s/TXrHrO-vtDI/AAAAAAAACAA/_ajrRRKS0KQ/s1600/Lapis-LazuliB.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="144" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/---UkRGGpQ5s/TXrHrO-vtDI/AAAAAAAACAA/_ajrRRKS0KQ/s400/Lapis-LazuliB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Lapis Lazuli</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oil on canvas triptych, each panel 40" x 40", 1986</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Collection Eastern Oregon University</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gbFXfS5aoPk/TXrHraLPRSI/AAAAAAAACAI/hHBJIgarx9o/s1600/Measured_StepsB.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="273" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gbFXfS5aoPk/TXrHraLPRSI/AAAAAAAACAI/hHBJIgarx9o/s400/Measured_StepsB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Measured Steps</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Graphite on paper, 34.5" x 51", 1988</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="mailto:don@dailyartwest.com">Inquire</a> about this piece</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bI6omQm3aeY/TXrHrk5LrqI/AAAAAAAACAQ/aBws2WnyieI/s1600/Tryng_to_Land_on_Yr_FtB.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="344" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bI6omQm3aeY/TXrHrk5LrqI/AAAAAAAACAQ/aBws2WnyieI/s400/Tryng_to_Land_on_Yr_FtB.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Trying to Land on Your Feet</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Charcoal on paper, 36" x 50" (approx.) 1988</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private Collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-98yT0JUkVWM/TXrHr8kkYmI/AAAAAAAACAY/ZjOybrdWgXY/s1600/Waiting_Lt_to_Change.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-98yT0JUkVWM/TXrHr8kkYmI/AAAAAAAACAY/ZjOybrdWgXY/s400/Waiting_Lt_to_Change.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><em>Waiting for the Light to Change</em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Acrylic on board, 48" x 34" (approx), 1990</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private Collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-7437174544814566166?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-31729748298082774862011-03-11T16:59:00.000-08:002011-03-11T18:29:28.313-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WgWVuhB8M0Q/TXrEZ_wXKDI/AAAAAAAAB_w/xuxctYf-5Pw/s1600/Fracture_4.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WgWVuhB8M0Q/TXrEZ_wXKDI/AAAAAAAAB_w/xuxctYf-5Pw/s400/Fracture_4.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Fracture #4</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Charcoal and pastel on paper, 40" x 26", 1984</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Private Collection</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-3172974829808277486?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4347672947386323078.post-45157699928809339002011-03-11T16:52:00.000-08:002011-03-11T18:28:17.995-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vHPnBWpcsQA/TXrDFeeMFWI/AAAAAAAAB_o/QnKqfJDgg4w/s1600/Long_Way_frm_Hudsons.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="324" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vHPnBWpcsQA/TXrDFeeMFWI/AAAAAAAAB_o/QnKqfJDgg4w/s400/Long_Way_frm_Hudsons.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><strong>A Long Way from Hudson's Bay</strong><br />Oil on canvas triptych, 76" x 96", 1984<br />Private Collection<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4347672947386323078-4515769992880933900?l=dongraypaintings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Don Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10497657029761169270noreply@blogger.com0