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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:
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Valley Church Original 10"x12" Sold |
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Winter Morning Original 8"x10" Donated |
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Vermont Dusk Original 5"x7" Sold |
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Trailside Original 11"x14" Sold |
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Aspen Meadow Original 7"x12" Sold |
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Pathway Original 3"x4.5" Available |
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Crossroads Original 6"x8" Sold |
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Cold Mountain 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:
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Diane Buster, Bonnie Buckley, Nancy Davis, Katherine Gauntt
Roger Gathman, Pat Leister, John Meister, Michael Meyer, Ray Ortiz, Rich Troyanowski
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