WILLIAM WRAY

William Wray has lived in California most of his life and studied painting at the Art Students League in New York. Making his living as a cartoonist who specialized in painted subjects, he spent many years coalescing a eclectic array of art styles, ultimately finding his voice in a contemporized reflection of traditional California regional painting that focus on humble subject matter rarely considered as fine art. Wray blends traditional skill sets of realism and the sheer energy of abstract expressionism in an ongoing evolution to find the balance between two seemingly unrelated styles. Wray has challenged himself to create a brand of realistic expressionism he hopes to use a bridge into the customarily circumspect contemporary art world.
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WILLIAM WRAY Paintings (19-works)
formatting

WILLIAM WRAY Cascade
Cascade
Oil on Panel
60 x 60 in
WILLIAM WRAY Lean On Me
Lean On Me
Oil on Panel
33 x 25 in
WILLIAM WRAY Hotel Mark Twain
Hotel Mark Twain
Oil on Panel
32 x 24 in
WILLIAM WRAY Side of The Road
Side of The Road
Oil on Panel
12 x 16 in
WILLIAM WRAY Boat
Boat
Oil on Panel
36 x 36 in
WILLIAM WRAY Quartsize
Quartsize
Oil on Panel
24 x 48 in
WILLIAM WRAY Blueberry HIll
Blueberry HIll
Oil on Panel
18 x 24 in
WILLIAM WRAY Agrarian
Agrarian
Oil on Panel
32 x 48 in
WILLIAM WRAY Stairs
Stairs
Oil on Panel
32 x 24 in
WILLIAM WRAY 76
76
Oil on Panel
24 x 48 in
WILLIAM WRAY House
House
Oil on Panel
12 x 16 in
WILLIAM WRAY Park in Back
Park in Back
Oil on Panel
8 x 10 in
WILLIAM WRAY Effervescence
Effervescence
Oil on Panel
49 x 37 in
WILLIAM WRAY Country Life
Country Life
Oil on Panel
24 x 16 in
WILLIAM WRAY Sunland Night Walk
Sunland Night Walk
Oil on Panel
12 x 16 in
WILLIAM WRAY Energy Transfer
Energy Transfer
Oil on Panel
48 x 30 in
WILLIAM WRAY Innuendo
Innuendo
Oil on Panel
30 x 30 in
WILLIAM WRAY Just Past Dusk
Just Past Dusk
Oil on Panel
24 x 24 in
WILLIAM WRAY Vineland
Vineland
Oil on Panel
16 x 16 in

WILLIAM WRAY Super Heroes (3-works)
formatting

WILLIAM WRAY WorkaDay World
Work-a-Day World
Oil on Panel
24 x 24 in
WILLIAM WRAY WTF
WTF?
Oil on Panel
32 x 24 in
WILLIAM WRAY Bath Time
Bath Time
Oil on Panel
16 x 24 in

WILLIAM WRAY

WILLIAM WRAY

WILLIAM WRAY Description

William Wray has lived in California most of his life and studied painting at the Art Students League in New York.

Making his living as a cartoonist who specialized in painted subjects, he spent many years coalescing a eclectic array of art styles, ultimately finding his voice in a contemporized reflection of traditional California regional painting that focus on humble subject matter rarely considered as fine art.

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

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