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Born 1939 Palo Alto, California. Known for: Western scene painting-cowboys in landscape.
Landscape painter Jim Rey was raised in Palo Alto, California, and spent his summers on his grandfather's ranch. He attended Shadduck, a private school in Faribault, Minnesota, and then studied... Read full biography
Landscape painter Jim Rey was raised in Palo Alto, California, and spent his summers on his grandfather's ranch. He attended Shadduck, a private school in Faribault, Minnesota, and then studied journalism at a junior college before starting a career as a commercial artist. At age 30, he started... Read full biography
Landscape painter Jim Rey was raised in Palo Alto, California, and spent his summers on his grandfather's ranch. He attended Shadduck, a private school in Faribault, Minnesota, and then studied journalism at a junior college before starting a career as a commercial artist. At age 30, he started painting while working as graphics director for Public Broadcasting System's Bilingual Children's Television, and in this capacity did some of the first computer animation for TV. However, the demand for... Read full biography
Landscape painter Jim Rey was raised in Palo Alto, California, and spent his summers on his grandfather's ranch. He attended Shadduck, a private school in Faribault, Minnesota, and then studied journalism at a junior college before starting a career as a commercial artist. At age 30, he started painting while working as graphics director for Public Broadcasting System's Bilingual Children's Television, and in this capacity did some of the first computer animation for TV. However, the demand for his work was so great that he quit and moved with his family to Colorado. He located his studio on his ranch near Durango and usually paints on location. He also did a painting for a golf course on Nantucket Island. Source:. "Southwest Art"... Read full biography
Landscape painter Jim Rey was raised in Palo Alto, California, and spent his summers on his grandfather's ranch. He attended Shadduck, a private school in Faribault, Minnesota, and then studied journalism at a junior college before starting a career as a commercial artist. At age 30, he started painting while working as graphics director for Public Broadcasting System's Bilingual Children's Television, and in this capacity did some of the first computer animation for TV. However, the demand for his work was so great that he quit and moved with his family to Colorado. He located his studio on his ranch near Durango and usually paints on location. He also did a painting for a golf course on Nantucket Island. Source:. "Southwest Art"... Read full biography
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Landscape painter Jim Rey was raised in Palo Alto, California, and spent his summers on his grandfather's ranch. He attended Shadduck, a private school in Faribault, Minnesota, and then studied journalism at a junior college before starting a career as a commercial artist.
At age 30, he started painting while working as graphics director for Public Broadcasting System's Bilingual Children's Television, and in this capacity did some of the first computer animation for TV. However, the demand for his work was so great that he quit and moved with his family to Colorado.
He located his studio on his ranch near Durango and usually paints on location. He also did a painting for a golf course on Nantucket Island.
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