August 26, 2011
What does it feel like to be so refreshed in life that your soul feels clean? That's the premise that I started with when painting 'Jakob's Sea'. With art, one can take on a process of creation that really over takes the imagination of the artist and in the end the art piece creates insight that changes the artist himself; at least that is what happened with this painting. Life can be really rough on us, and at times we ask ourselves, 'Am I going to make it through this?', certainly like the feeling of being caught in a storm. A personal situation can put us to the test, to our very core. It is the revealing of our greatest strengths, weaknesses, and what we ultimately value in life. May we take on the storms of life, may they reveal and wash away the worst of us, not only to be cleansed but to come back even more powerful.
-Clayton Bray
See 'Jakob's Sea' here http://dclaytonbray.com/2009.php
Posted by Clayton Bray. Posted In : Art
April 5, 2011
As I take to the canvas it’s likely that I
have beautiful music playing loudly in the background, what can I say, Jonsi and Alex know how to set the atmosphere
of creativity. We often drink deeply the inspirations of others and some times
we create from them.Recently I had the pleasure of
being a featured artist at Hope in the City, a progressive Fashion Show out to
challenge designers, but also give to those that are less fortunate. This year
there were over 1100 people in attendance and ...
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Posted by Clayton Bray. Posted In : Fashion
March 25, 2011
I started this piece after working at an
orphanage in Tijuana, by work I mean finger painting with the kids. I was
inspired a little girls’ painting, and actually wanted to do a beautiful
tribute to her, but it went badly. It didn’t make sense, and it wasn’t
beautiful… More over it was a mess, and far from the hopeful tribute that I
desired. I worked on this piece for 6 months with no avail, and I couldn’t work
on any other piece, it haunted my imagination… So I just started to ex...
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December 23, 2010
Subject to the limits of its walls a room has its restrictions,
and its boundaries never change. However, what happens in that room can change
everything in a moment… No one can tell us how it happens, or how it works; you
can’t predict it, or manipulate it, but it’s a majestic.
-D. Clayton Bray
See When She Walks Into the Room, here
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December 17, 2010
When we come together, I mean humans; we often want it to be safe...soft...the invitation to enjoy one another. But its not really the reality is it? We come bringing everything we are, everything we have done, and we collide... Changing our own existence.
-D. Clayton Bray
See Collide, 2010 here
http://dclaytonbray.com/work-from-2010.php
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