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Born 1948. Known for: Landscape, figure, western history.
The following is from the artist: . Born in 1948, Don Gray credit's his earliest inspirations to the landscape of his childhood in rural northeast Oregon. He studied art at Eastern Oregon University,... Read full biography
The following is from the artist: . Born in 1948, Don Gray credit's his earliest inspirations to the landscape of his childhood in rural northeast Oregon. He studied art at Eastern Oregon University, training his eye and hand in traditional techniques that resulted in meticulously rendered realist... Read full biography
The following is from the artist: . Born in 1948, Don Gray credit's his earliest inspirations to the landscape of his childhood in rural northeast Oregon. He studied art at Eastern Oregon University, training his eye and hand in traditional techniques that resulted in meticulously rendered realist paintings. After graduation in 1970, Gray taught high school art for one year, before beginning a professional art career. He exhibited widely in the Pacific Northwest, developing a regional following... Read full biography
The following is from the artist: . Born in 1948, Don Gray credit's his earliest inspirations to the landscape of his childhood in rural northeast Oregon. He studied art at Eastern Oregon University, training his eye and hand in traditional techniques that resulted in meticulously rendered realist paintings. After graduation in 1970, Gray taught high school art for one year, before beginning a professional art career. He exhibited widely in the Pacific Northwest, developing a regional following for his landscapes and figures. In 1978 Gray formed a partnership, Bear Wallow Publishing, with writer Rick Steber and photographer Jerry Gildemeister. Their co-creations were coffee-table style illustrated books of western history. Traces,... Read full biography
The following is from the artist: . Born in 1948, Don Gray credit's his earliest inspirations to the landscape of his childhood in rural northeast Oregon. He studied art at Eastern Oregon University, training his eye and hand in traditional techniques that resulted in meticulously rendered realist paintings. After graduation in 1970, Gray taught high school art for one year, before beginning a professional art career. He exhibited widely in the Pacific Northwest, developing a regional following for his landscapes and figures. In 1978 Gray formed a partnership, Bear Wallow Publishing, with writer Rick Steber and photographer Jerry Gildemeister. Their co-creations were coffee-table style illustrated books of western history. Traces, published in 1980, documented the last surviving travelers of the Oregon Trail. In the mid-1980's, Don Gray's realist style... Read full biography
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Keywords (17)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Caricatures
- •Cowboys
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Mural Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Charles Russell Art Show/Auction/ and/or Museum