A DOOR OPEN TO ANOTHER CENTURY

Ray Donley's style – figurative, dramatic, full of high-contrast lighting – evokes that of the Old Masters, particularly the Dutch and Spanish portraitists of the 17th century, quite deliberately. “By the 17th century, the painters looked like they were having fun. They were slapping the paint around. My change to art history opened up so many doors aesthetically that I was able to see what I really wanted to do and refine what I wanted to do. I wanted to know the history of painting, the sociology, the phenomenology, the craft of painting, the fact of painting – I wanted to learn and master all of that.”

[Source: The Austin Chronicle]

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