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Danielle Ray
Autumn Embers
encaustic, wallpaper, organic material, found metal, wood ash
10″ x 10″
2024
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Danielle Ray
Reseed II
Inspired by: Harvey Sadow, Fire and Flood/Sacred Sites Laura McPhee, The Blue Lagoon Esther Solondz, Untitled (Rust Portrait)
found metal, ceramic tile, catalpa seed pods
32.5″ x 22″ x 6.5″
2022
Nature offers us extraordinary examples of growth and decay. This cyclical process has always fascinated me, Reseed II is a work that encapsulates our human response to this paradox. This piece incorporates three aspects, human trash, our ability to manipulate natural material, and ephemeral organic debris. The use of a piece of corroded found metal from a trash pit in the woods provides the framework. Ceramic tiles made from clay, a malleable organic material that can be manipulated, fired, and preserved forever, are matched with catalpa seed pods that have already split and shed their seeds. Together these elements are transformed into a new creation, one that celebrates growth and acknowledges decay– I see this juxtaposition as crucial to our evolving existence.
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Danielle Ray
Layers
Found metal, queen Anne’s lace
23″ x 5″ x 7.5″
2022
The work I create hovers between abstraction and reality. My compositions are gestural, colorful explorations of memory and place. I am interested in the energy of a person, place or thing. Capturing that element is what inspires me to create a piece of work. I enjoy the questions and problem solving that comes with the improvisational process I work in. It’s a dance between me and the canvas and responding to what the painting is telling me to do. Playing with color, form and line changes the perspective and meaning of the work which creates depth and curiosity.
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Danielle Ray
Floral Echos
found metal, Queen Anne’s Lace
10″ x 10″ x 3 1/2″
2023
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Reseed III
found metal, wallpaper, Japanese maple leaves, catalpa seed pods
21″ x 12″ x 36″
2023
Reseed IV
found metal, ceramic tiles, catalpa seed pods
22″ x 23″ x 5″
2024
The Forest at Dusk
found metal, iron oxide, wood ash, organic material, wallpaper
31 ½” x 16″ x 4 ½”
2024
Petals of Patina
found metal, root mass, wisteria pods, Queen Anne’s lace
23″ x 12″ x 10″
2024
Rustic Remnants
found metal, organic material, wallpaper, bible pages, gel medium
14 1/2″ x 9″ x 7 1/2″
2024
Splintered Awakening
found metal, hydrangea flowers, driftwood
63″ x 81/2″ x 9″
2024
Fleeting Fragments
found metal, drift wood, wallpaper, iron oxide
16″ x 13″ x 9″
2024
Danielle Ray
The Maze in the Woods
found metal, lichen, wallpaper, organic material, iron oxide, bark
26″ x 12″ x 6″
2022
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Danielle Ray
Attics of our Lives
found metal, wood, wallpaper, tomatillo husks, Queen’s Anne’s lace, iron oxide, wood ash, spray paint
38″ x 14 ½” x 5″
2022
“Attics of Our Lives” is a flux between the past and present and our human grappling with loss and hope for the future.
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