Don Gray paintings
Self-Portrait with Jessie and Chow-Chow
Art News review. "(Don Gray) is a master of acrylic, pastel and casein, often pushing these mediums beyond their customary limits. For example, 'Self-Portrait with Jessie and Chow-Chow,' is a pastel unusual for its size and scale, brilliance of color and intensity of feeling. The male and female figures pressed together in the supercharged space suggest both the masculine and feminine sides of the artist, while a devout concentration on the physicality of things...suggests the artist's quest for 'an impossible blend of pattern and form'" ART NEWS
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 Don Gray: Self-Portrait with Jessie & Chow-Chow: pastel, 50 x 48 |
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| "While drawing this pastel, our dog came by to say hello (we had Chow-Chow before Berry). I thought he'd be a good addition to the art work, so I held onto his collar, drawing him. Jessie bent over to look at the progress of the pastel. Seeing her in the mirror, she, too, seemed important to draw. While I always seek significant form and rich color in my art, expressive, symbolic meaning is also very important. Meaning evolved naturally in this pastel. The male and female aspects of life and the psyche seem personified in the two heads apparently on one body. Chow-Chow represents the primitive, animal element in us all. The grapefruit and rectangular light seem to echo our heads, like the male sun and female moon." | ||
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