One day a couple years ago, I was clowning around on
Bowienet, and as usual, I got a little carried away and then, literally,
BLOWN AWAY when I received the below collage as a response from the well-known artist
Rex Ray:
And I don't know what it all means "FU", "ForU", "FapU" or whatever, but to be so noted by one of the world's greatest contemporary fine artists, is indeed, quite an honor. Nevertheless, I plan on creating some kind of artistic response soon. So stay tuned!
Anyway, just a couple of days ago, Mr. Ray unveiled a truly stunning new series of paintings entitled
"Rex Ray Clowns":
Up until now, this highly acclaimed artist has mostly been known for his prolific fine art work in collage, graphic design, interior design, commercial art and popular entertainment media.
However, this new series marks a significant development in Ray's stellar career and presents a whole new remarkable side of the artist's true talent and incredible vision. What makes this recent launch so appealing is Ray's photorealistic style of painting or
Trompe-l'œil which, essentially, brings these cartoon character portraits to life in a kind of surreal
"Disneyesque" manner.
At first look, with all of the clowns clustered together on his new
Ha Ha Said The Clowns site, some early reviews have said that this new set is "scary" or "evil" in a positive way of course. And, obviously, some of the paintings do depict such human emotions and personifications.
However looking closer at each individual portrait, it is clearly seen that these oils encapsulate many other human expressions of sadness, happiness, silliness, and love. In a very clever style that is not unlike life itself, Ray presents all of these emotions through the use of prominent smiling faces in these caricatures, thus giving us an even higher level of perspective into his true artistic genius.
To read more news about Rex Ray, please visit
his official website.
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