just finished a painting called "wading for you" (part of a triptych)

and here is a detail photographed in natural light to bring out more of the colors-

here is a piece I created recently called "A Time to Reap"

returning to ye olde pen and ink as a break from painting a bit

my work was briefly mentioned in the cynic relative to the "Art of Horror" exhibition

The link to the article is below. "Vermont pastoral landscapes"..... ha.

http://www.vtcynic.com/art-exhibit-explores-aspects-of-horror/

new painting called "reality doesn't matter when thoughts are pleasant" and higher quality images of "fall mourning"

Below is the product of attempting to teach myself how to paint over the course of the past month alongside higher quality images of the last serious pen and ink piece I created. Due to the seemingly more versatile and powerful nature of paint, I am quite captivated and intend to continue with it for the foreseeable future. The mode in which architecture and angles are rendered, however, feels quite unnatural to me relative to the ease of pen drawn spatial features, and I'm being led more toward compositions emphasizing the figure and organic forms. Regarding the conceptual basis of  "reality doesn't matter when your thoughts are pleasant", modes of escapism, such as drugs, literature, video games, pleasant thoughts, etc., are almost  vilified through the necrotic/decaying quality of the foreground character and his setting contrasted with the expression on his face. The piece will be part of a triptych the second member of which I am currently working on. As always, thanks for the support and don't hesitate to contact me with any inquires. 

-Quinn 

photographs from visiting Black Agnis

Hi All,

Apologies for the recent inactivity. I have been attempting to gain some paint skills and its turning out to be rather time intensive. Anyways, here are some photos from last weekend's tour of some of the local cemeteries.

Art Hop / Art of Horror

Hello,

I will be displaying a body of work in the S.P.A.C.E Gallery for the Burlington Art Hop this weekend 9/11-9/13, and the pieces will remain up for the remainder of September  and through October and the "Art of Horror". Regarding the latter event, I just finished designing the flier and postcard posted below detailing the night of debauched dark revelry and art set to occur on the first friday of October (10/2) from 4-11pm. Please come and support VT dark artists and help this event reach its full potential to greatly enrich the creative climes of the region and spread merriment!

the above post card features a member of Beth Robinson's latest doll series. 

completed 8/11- "Fall Mourning", 13" by 18", medium: ballpoint pen, Quinn Dray, © 2015

this isn't art related, but it's hard to describe how much I adore this movie and those of its vein, and I'm so looking forward to michael dougherty's 12/15 krampus film.

new piece in the works (going for more apparently anthropomorphized buildings)

Finished a new piece called "fatal in winter and forever your faithful" (20" by 16") Quinn Dray © 2015

Just completed a new piece called "Monday Morning" (22" by 18")

I'm pretty sure Waldo doesn't know where he is either.

work in progress

concept behind the "Art of lethe Series":

The series that I have been working on ever since the transition into allocating a significant amount of my time to art about a year ago occurred is called “The Art of Lethe”; and it is now apparent that that title and my identity as an artist have become permanently intertwined. Anyways, to distill the underlying story to its bare bones, the image series is meant to document a journey through the underworld that ends along the banks of Lethe, a river in the Greek version of the underworld that induces complete amnesia in spirits directly prior to their reincarnation. Thus, the point at which cupping a handful of water and consuming it with whatever emotion is specific to the personality involved happens has the station of being the absolute final act in a person’s passage through strata of diminishing corporeality and a headlong plunge into a new feature bereft of memory baggage.

It can naturally be assumed that, as a one gets closer and closer to the point at which identity will be forever erased, thoughts will become more and more drawn to the past and those surviving monoliths representing memories of significant moments, thereby generating for the traveler a landscape perceived through an emotional lens that serves to distort, beautify, or mar. In order to display the degrading quality of human memory and its ability to alter/distort, all of the structures denoting memories in the series are noticeably deteriorating. Moreover, it is a documented phenomenon in the neuroscience of memory consolidation and recall that the frequency of recollection has an inverse relationship with memory accuracy. That is, more and more false details get added and true details deleted whenever a memory gets dragged to the fore of consciousness, rendering the final form a near total simulacrum. I’m sure that many of you can relate relative to the unrealistic loveliness or horribleness (depends on the experience obviously) that memories of past relationships with a high level of emotional investment can acquire as the years go by. So, those pieces in the series with greater levels of decay apparent represent events or people in my past that I keep revisiting for whatever reason.

The actual character that is taking the underworld journey isn’t shown until “Future Disregard”, which is the final piece in the series where the act of drinking of Lethe is shown. Her name is Mordra (the female version of the Arthurian character called Mordred), and I will explain her significance and role in the series via a short story that will soon be posted on the blog. I promise that the language will be more concise and Hemingway-esque as opposed to my usual convoluted babble.  Anyways, thanks for reading and I hope that you enjoyed the art!

-Quinn

New Website

I just finished making a website that will hopefully provide a more official portal for art viewing. You can access it by clicking the link below. Thanks!

artoflethe.com

a piece entitled "future disregard" that I completed somewhat recently (18" by 15")

Selection of New Pieces (long overdue)