Grapes Near San Gimignano

 

"As you view my work, look past the heart of my painting and search for the voice of an artist."

--Ray

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Ray Ortiz

Living in the high desert of New Mexico, surrounded by mountains and huge vistas, has greatly influenced my art. Painting is a healing process for me, almost meditative. I believe the inner quality of who we are as people comes through in our work. 

I have won numerous juried awards in the New Mexico Masterworks Shows, in the miniature and Pen and Ink category.

In my opinion I have studied with some of the best watercolor artists in the New Mexico, Dorothy Voorhees, Jay Drummond, Bud Edmondson, and Carol Carpenter.

I have attempted to gather the important ideas that I love about art, with a genuine longing to learn and improve my paintings along my journey. 

About the Plein Air Friends…  The Plein Air Friends group has been a very rewarding experience for me, the honest sharing of ideas, and continued support from highly talented and caring group of painters, my friends, is a lifetime art education. The willingness to honestIy critique a painting, to help improve the final work of art, cannot be measured. 

--Ray

 

 
Samples of Ray's work with the Plein Air Friends painting group:
(Click on a thumbnail image to see an enlarged view.)

 
On Edge

Valley Church
Watercolor

Original 10"x12" Sold

 
Bonnies Path

Winter Morning
Watercolor

Original 8"x10" Donated

 
Sunny Peril

Vermont Dusk
Watercolor

Original 5"x7" Sold

 
Autumn Lights

Trailside
Watercolor

Original 11"x14" Sold

 
Someday

Aspen Meadow
Watercolor

Original 7"x12" Sold

 
Piedra Lisa Morning

Pathway
Watercolor

Original 3"x4.5" Available

 
Just before the Fireworks

Crossroads
Pen & Ink

Original 6"x8" Sold

 
Summer Garden

Cold Mountain
Oil on Board

Original 6.25"x7.5" Available

If you have questions about any of the above paintings, contact the artist here.

 

Ray's art is currently represented by:

 

 

Click on the name of a member artist below to see some of their plein air work:

Diane Buster, Bonnie Buckley, Nancy Davis, Katherine Gauntt

Roger Gathman, Pat Leister, John Meister, Michael Meyer, Ray Ortiz, Rich Troyanowski

 

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