Don Ray
(1937-2006) - American/Texas
“Mule Deer”
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 20” x 16”
Frame: 28” x 23”
Reared on a ranch in the Panhandle near Clarendon, Texas, Ray focused on the subjects he grew up with.
Working in bronze and oil, he concentrated his work on the landscape and historical events of the Panhandle-Plains region and on Civil War history. Ray studied at West Texas State University and with Olive Vandruff and later taught at West Texas State. He received his B.S. Degree and Master of Education in Art. He served as a graduate assistant in the Art Department at WTSU, worked for the American Quarter Horse Journal, and was the first graphic arts director for the regional education service center in Amarillo. He served in the United States Army from 1961 to 1963.
He became a full-time professional artist in 1972 and produced a quantity of paintings and sculpture, much of which reflect the landscapes of Texas and New Mexico as well as authenticity of a by-gone era in ranching and Southern and Western historical subjects.
He exhibited widely in the Southwest and with the Hudson Valley Art Association, White Plains, New York; Abercrombie and Fitch, New York; Mountain Oyster Club, Tucson; the Nita Stewart Haley Library, Midland, Texas; and the Panhandle-Plains Invitational Western Art Show and Sale. Ray's work can be found in numerous private and corporate collections as well as public collections in the Panhandle and the Haley Library; the George Phippen Museum of Western Art, Prescott, Arizona; and the National Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock. His work has been featured in Persimmon Hill, Western Horseman, Southwest Art, and the Dallas Morning News's Scene.
The artist was a long-time member and supporter of the Museum which held a Don Ray exhibition in 1987. Don Ray passed away on 27 September 2006.
(The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum provided source material to Resource Library for the following article or essay.)
Don Ray
(1937-2006) - American/Texas
“Mule Deer”
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 20” x 16”
Frame: 28” x 23”
Reared on a ranch in the Panhandle near Clarendon, Texas, Ray focused on the subjects he grew up with.
Working in bronze and oil, he concentrated his work on the landscape and historical events of the Panhandle-Plains region and on Civil War history. Ray studied at West Texas State University and with Olive Vandruff and later taught at West Texas State. He received his B.S. Degree and Master of Education in Art. He served as a graduate assistant in the Art Department at WTSU, worked for the American Quarter Horse Journal, and was the first graphic arts director for the regional education service center in Amarillo. He served in the United States Army from 1961 to 1963.
He became a full-time professional artist in 1972 and produced a quantity of paintings and sculpture, much of which reflect the landscapes of Texas and New Mexico as well as authenticity of a by-gone era in ranching and Southern and Western historical subjects.
He exhibited widely in the Southwest and with the Hudson Valley Art Association, White Plains, New York; Abercrombie and Fitch, New York; Mountain Oyster Club, Tucson; the Nita Stewart Haley Library, Midland, Texas; and the Panhandle-Plains Invitational Western Art Show and Sale. Ray's work can be found in numerous private and corporate collections as well as public collections in the Panhandle and the Haley Library; the George Phippen Museum of Western Art, Prescott, Arizona; and the National Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock. His work has been featured in Persimmon Hill, Western Horseman, Southwest Art, and the Dallas Morning News's Scene.
The artist was a long-time member and supporter of the Museum which held a Don Ray exhibition in 1987. Don Ray passed away on 27 September 2006.
(The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum provided source material to Resource Library for the following article or essay.)
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