At the “Real Time” exhibition, January 2019. National Association of Women Artists – Massachusetts Chapter. Piano Craft Gallery, 793 Tremont St., Boston, Massachusetts.
ABOUT
Biography
Lynn Ray is a contemporary painter who lives in a seaside village loaded with inspiration: wide open vistas of sea, sky and islands; ever changing weather and tides; comings and goings of boats and migratory birds. Her paintings explore the push and pull of light, form and space. Whether inspiration takes place indoors or out, the focus of her work celebrates the moment-to-moment experience of seeing the world through a sense of enchantment. Her work captures the vibrant energy and affinity she feels for her subjects.
Ray was born in Southern California and raised in the Pacific Northwest. She settled in New England after serving as a graphic artist for the Marine Corps. During her time in the service she lived in Okinawa, Japan, where she absorbed the culture and the Japanese aesthetic. After her military service, she studied commercial art at Massachusetts College of Art & Design.
She was an art director for two established Scottish interest magazines, published by Neill Kennedy Ray. Before transitioning to work in the publishing field, she worked in the graphic arts field for ten years as an illustrator and production manager at a large Boston ad agency.
She resides on Boston’s South Shore with her husband, Neill.
Residencies
Fine Arts Work Center Returning Residency, Provincetown, MA; 2017 & 2018
Education
Massachusetts College Of Art & Design, Boston, MA
South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
Publications
2019 Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center “Illuminations” Calendar
2019 ”Extremes & In-Betweens” catalog, National Association of Women Artists – Massachusetts Chapter
2020 “Lust After” catalog, National Association of Women Artists – Massachusetts Chapter
Affiliations
National Association of Women Artists member since 2018
National Association of Women Artists – Massachusetts Chapter
National Museum of Women in the Arts since 2022
South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, gallery artist member since 2017
Hull Artists, Hull, MA, artist member since 2017