Eric McRay - Months & Years - Arts & Health Main Gallery
- July 11, 2023 - August 28, 2023
McRay blends the verve and rhythms of the Bebop jazz age, nature, spirituality and sensuality within non-objective abstraction. Thus, paintings focused on subjective emotional expression with emphasis on spontaneous creative action.
Why abstract? My story...
"During a middle school field trip to the Corcoran Art Museum, I was introduced to the color field paintings of African-American artist, Alma Thomas and later as an adult to the works of Ed Clark. Both belonged to the Washington Color School visual-art movement of the late 1950s through the late-1960s centered in Washington, D.C. The movement describes a form of abstract art developed from color field painting, exploring ways to use large solid areas of paint, as exemplified by the work of Mark Rothko and Helen Frankenthaler. These experiences forever changed my understanding of abstract art."
McRay received a BFA degree at the Maryland Institute, College of Art. A native of Washington, DC, McRay moved to North Carolina and has been exhibiting since 1987.
The Raleigh News & Observer named him one of the “Artists to Watch”. McRay has received feature articles in Fortune Small Business, Art Business News, Our State Magazine and Southern Living Magazine.
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