If Thomas Kincaid is the painter of light, I'm the painter of blight. Whether it's old an Drive–in or trailer park, trains or sun bleached Gremlins, my subjects are bound to be demoed, towed to the junkyard or explode when the Meth chemicals combust. As a founding member of the L.A. River School of Urban Impressionism, I chronicle the fast disappearing pockets or industry, urban decay and run down rural areas. Places most consider not worth remembering, let alone turning them into works of art.
posted by william wray at 8:16 PM
After traveling his entire childhood as an Army brat Bill Wray began working in the animation business as a teen-ager. Being mostly self-taught and shunning California’s conceptual oriented art schools, he eventually enrolled in The Art Students League located in New York to reinforce his spotty art foundation. Bill went on to work in writing and drawing comic books, animation and illustration. He is mostly known for his painting style on the Ren and Stimpy Show, his work in Mad Magazine and his collaborations with Mike Mignola on Hellboy Jr. Bill is currently concentrating on fine art oil painting.
19 Comments:
Nice work! Really interesting combinations of colors. Great gleam on that shaved head.
the figures look very integrated in the image.
great painting as usual
Fabulous sense of place. Love the brushwork!
Love your stuff Wray!
Great color contrast of the roof (green gray) against the pink of the sky. Lamp is sculpted boldly and I like the details of the small windows on the bldg. Reminds me of one such day.....
Your ability to unify a painting with brushwork is inspiring..really beautiful surface you've created.
beautiful Bill ...nice edges -James
Nailed the reds, didn't you? I like it.
Very nice contrast of colors . . . also really great composition . . . looks great small, then I click on the image to see it larger, you make it look to easy . . . just a few brush strokes right? Awesome!!!
thnaks Don. I'm an expert on skin dome gleam.
This is nice. Especially the left figure. Was this plein air?
purty cool painting Bill. I see I'm not the only one with an appreciation of Chinatown! This one has a powerful vertical feel that brings my eye up to the top of the buildings. I like the way you are looking into the light, and the little spot of it that is hitting the guy in the FG.
thanks luis
Really Beautiful!:o)
If I want to have the book sent to the Netherlands can I use the link? Only $3 postage seems to little.
That red you chose is excellent. Great one, Bill!
You say you've simplified it Bill, but there's nothing simple about it. Simply amazijng, I guess. I love the way the "dark" tones aren't very dark. It really suggests the bright light. Lovely.
Oh, Bill...
I'm swooning a little bit. Your stuff is awesome.
dude - man - surfbum is right
this chinatown piece is beautiful ... hope you're doing well WW!
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