Current works by the artist Ray Turner.
Current works by the artist Ray Turner.
Current works by the artist Ray Turner.
Born in Stockton, California, Ray Turner lives and works in Los Angeles. Turner received his BFA from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, where he later taught for many years. Known for developing strong thematic series, Turner has worked in a variety of genres with an array of subjects ranging from landscapes to abstracts, including his "Good Man Bad Man" series and "Population." Inspired by the 19th century American romantic landscape painters and their quest for the sublime, he explores man’s domination of nature or absence from it as if both occupied a dimension beyond the constraints of time and space. His paintings become metaphors for the voyage that moves us through life, while the scenes they depict exist in a state of suspended animation, poised in a balance of poetic tensions signifying the cosmic conflict of the ephemeral versus permanence. His figurative work is some of his most ambitious of all his genres numbering over two thousand works, and has been exhibited in a number of museums across the USA. Turner's "Subject" exhibition is his most recent with Nancy Toomey Fine Art in San Francisco.
Born in Stockton, California, Ray Turner lives and works in Los Angeles. Turner received his BFA from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, where he later taught for many years. Known for developing strong thematic series, Turner has worked in a variety of genres with an array of subjects ranging from landscapes to abstracts, including his "Good Man Bad Man" series and "Population." Inspired by the 19th century American romantic landscape painters and their quest for the sublime, he explores man’s domination of nature or absence from it as if both occupied a dimension beyond the constraints of time and space. His paintings become metaphors for the voyage that moves us through life, while the scenes they depict exist in a state of suspended animation, poised in a balance of poetic tensions signifying the cosmic conflict of the ephemeral versus permanence. His figurative work is some of his most ambitious of all his genres numbering over two thousand works, and has been exhibited in a number of museums across the USA. Turner's "Subject" exhibition is his most recent with Nancy Toomey Fine Art in San Francisco.
A brief biography of artist Ray Turner in which he shares the history of his interest in portraits and the beginnings of Population and Good Man Bad Man.
My drive to work on a Grey day. Oil on linen 9x12 California regionalist Iconic painter Kenton Nelson in front of his portrait...
Ray Turner's Population is an evolving, community-engaged traveling exhibition comprised of a series of representational and abstract painted portraits
Current works by the artist Ray Turner.
Current works by the artist Ray Turner.
Ray Turner Population catalog published by the Pasadena Museum of California Art, with essays by B.R. Gilbert, James Scarborough and Roberta Carasso, Ph.D
Current works by the artist Ray Turner.
Current works by the artist Ray Turner.
Born in Stockton, California, Ray Turner lives and works in Los Angeles. Turner received his BFA from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, where he later taught for many years. Known for developing strong thematic series, Turner has worked in a variety of genres with an array of subjects ranging from landscapes to abstracts, including his "Good Man Bad Man" series and "Population." Inspired by the 19th century American romantic landscape painters and their quest for the sublime, he explores man’s domination of nature or absence from it as if both occupied a dimension beyond the constraints of time and space. His paintings become metaphors for the voyage that moves us through life, while the scenes they depict exist in a state of suspended animation, poised in a balance of poetic tensions signifying the cosmic conflict of the ephemeral versus permanence. His figurative work is some of his most ambitious of all his genres numbering over two thousand works, and has been exhibited in a number of museums across the USA. Turner's "Subject" exhibition is his most recent with Nancy Toomey Fine Art in San Francisco.
Official website of California artist Ray Turner. Purchase Population exhibition prints and catalogs and inquire about original artwork by the artist.
Current works by the artist Ray Turner.
Current works by the artist Ray Turner.
Current works by the artist Ray Turner.
Soren 12 x12 inches #art #painting
OK so I confess to be a shameless groupie. Wanted to fly to Tacoma for his show at the glass museum but was unable to. It is exciting to see that he is expanding his Population series to include mo…
Ray Turner A commissioned portrait in the style of the above image. Oil on glass 12” x 12” Value: $7,500 Staring Bid: $3,000 Tickets are on sale now for Off-the-Wall — the Armory's wildly popular biennial benefit and art auction featuring artworks by some of today's finest contemporary artists. This gala is always the hottest ticket in town and a wonderful way to support the Armory and its mission. Off-the-Wall takes place at the Armory Center for the Arts on Saturday, March 12, 2011. Doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets are $125 each. For complete details and ticket info, visit www.armoryarts.org/offthewall. > SILENT AUCTIONS Section 1 closes at 7:45pm Section 2 closes at 8:25pm Section 3 closes at 8:45pm > LIVE AUCTION Begins at 8:00pm > FREE PUBLIC AUCTION PREVIEW March 5 - March 11, Noon-5pm [Map] > PRE-BIDDING IS WELCOME Contact Sally Bickerton via email or at 626.792.5101 x141
“I love painting self-portraits. I am always there. I quickly forget that I am looking at myself. What I see is a pattern of light falling on a large form (my head), and the way that light affects …
Ray Turner's Population is an evolving, community-engaged traveling exhibition comprised of a series of representational and abstract painted portraits
Ray Turner Population catalog published by the Pasadena Museum of California Art, with essays by B.R. Gilbert, James Scarborough and Roberta Carasso, Ph.D
