Title: Art
SRO #023, #024 #025, #026, #027, #028
Author: Smooth Ray
Size: Varible
Date: 2021
Medium: Mixed medium, lino cut and watercolor on 140-pound cold pressed paper
Status: Distributed in Trumansburg, NY, @ random locations.
SRO #029-034
Title: Joy
SRO #029, #030, #031, #032, #033, #034
Author: Smooth Ray
Size: 3”x4”
Date: 2021
Medium: Mixed medium, lino cut and watercolor on 140-pound cold pressed paper
Status: Distributed in Trumansburg, NY, @ random locations
SRO #018-022
Title: Love
SRO #018, #019, #020, #021, #022
Author: Smooth Ray
Size: 3”x4”
Date: 2021
Medium: Mixed medium, lino cut and watercolor on 140-pound cold pressed paper
Status: Distributed in Trumansburg, NY, @ random locations
SRO #017
Title:
SRO #017
Author: Smooth Ray
Size:
Date: 2021
Medium: Watercolor
Status: Not for sale
SRO #016
Title: Sculptures.
SRO #016
Author: Smooth Ray
Size:
Date: 2021
Medium: Watercolor
Status: Not for sale
SRO #015
Title: A cast of characters?
SRO #015
Author: Smooth Ray
Size:
Date: 2021
Medium: Watercolor on 140-pound cold pressed paper
Status: Not for sale
SRO #014
Title: Left out.
SRO #014
Author: Smooth Ray
Size:3.5” x 3.5”
Date: 2021
Medium: Watercolor on 140-pound cold pressed paper
Status: Not for sale
SRO #013
Title: Are all the pieces there? … I think so, yeah, mostly.
SRO #013
Author: Smooth Ray
Size: 7” x 3.75”
Date: 2021
Medium: Watercolor on 140-pound cold pressed paper
Status: Not for sale. A rare DOUBLE STAMP! Look at that #013, stamped twice for legibility. A true Smooth Ray Original collectible!
SRO #012
Title: Message in a bottle.
SRO #012
Author: Smooth Ray
Size: 3.5” x 2.5”
Date: 2021
Medium: Watercolor on 140-pound cold pressed paper
Status:
Notes: none
SRO #011
Title: In the future, cities will be greener.
SRO #011
Author: Smooth Ray
Size: 3.5” x 2.5”
Date: 2021
Medium: Watercolor on 140-pound cold pressed paper
SRO #010
Title: About half, he said. But in truth, it was much more.
SRO #010
Author: Smooth Ray
Size: 3.5” x 2.5”
Date: 2021
Medium: Watercolor on 140-pound cold pressed paper
Status:
Notes:
SRO #009
Title: I think this is upside down.
SRO #009
Author: Smooth Ray
Size: 3.5” x 2.5”
Date: 2021
Medium: Watercolor on 140-pound cold pressed paper
Note: For sale.
SRO #008
Title: Cold quilt.
SRO #008
Author: Smooth Ray
Size: 3.5” x 2.5”
Date: 2021
Medium: Watercolor on 140-pound cold pressed paper
Status: SOLD.
SRO #007
Title: A living thing.
SRO #007
Author: Smooth Ray
Size: 3.5” x 2.5”
Date: 2021
Medium: Watercolor on 140-pound cold pressed paper
Status:
SRO #006
Title: It’s all there, if you look.
SRO #006
Author: Smooth Ray
Size: 3.5” x 2.5”
Date: 2021
Medium: Watercolor on 140-pound cold pressed paper
Status: For Sale
SRO #005
Title: On The Gallery Walls
SRO #005
Author: Smooth Ray
Size: 3.5” x 3.5”
Date: 2021
Medium: Watercolor on 140-pound cold pressed paper
Status: In private collection.
SRO #004
Title: It all started on a Tuesday.
SRO #004
Author: Smooth Ray
Size: 6” x 4.5”
Date: 2021
Medium: Watercolor on 140 pound cold pressed paper
Notes: It all started on a Tuesday. Which is weird because almost nothing starts on a Tuesday.
Status: Donated to a free art project hosted by Higher Self in Portland, Oregon.
SRO #003
Title: Maybe this is what life looks like.
SRO #003
Author: Smooth Ray
Size: 4.5”x6”
Date: 2021
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Status: Donated to a free art project hosted by Higher Self in Portland, Oregon.
Why paint small?
Ok, Smooth Ray gets asked a few questions over and over. The first is obvious: What makes your smoothies so damn good?
The second is, “Why paint small?”
We all know good things come in small packages and problems tend to be big. But size doesn’t really matter, it’s all about the experience. What is different, looking at a small or large piece of art?
If you took the Mona Lisa, at about 2.5’ tall, and made a copy 10x as big, do you get the same viewing experience?
Something is clearly different (and that’s a pretty fun idea: considering how different works of art might be experienced differently, at different sizes).
When it comes to small works of art, Smooth Ray thinks about: watching people in a museum lean in to the walls for a closer look; whether details or space make the first impression; and the personal impact of calling someone to close the distance. The mere fact that the viewer has to get right up on a small painting in order to really see it, heightens the personal experience.
There is also a certain intensity—both in observing and making small works. If they are empty, it shows up so quickly. The energy is different, perhaps denser.
There is no answer to “Why does Smooth Ray make small art?” That’s just what’s happening now.
But there is something about it, small pieces of art. They vibrate at a higher frequency.
SRO #002
Title: untitled
SRO #002
Author: Smooth Ray
Size: 4” x 3”
Date: 2021
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Status: In private collection
