Don Gray paintings

Richly colored still-life paintings, Renoir, Lautrec. "One of my art book still-life series, that also incorporates money, both for its interest as subject matter and as a comment on the commercialization of the art world. Art books illustrating great artists obviously add beauty to a still-life, as well as subtle or obvious symbolic meanings, depending on their subject matter and relationship with other objects in the paintings. I also use paintings of great artists because I feel a kinship with their approach to art."

"In the still-life compositions there are multiple perspectives as well as tipped-up angles, making these canvases very effective in extending the viewer’s involvement. Mr. Gray seems obsessed with references to history’s great painters, and open art books frequently enrich content and composition."