Lisa Wray
Lisa Wray | |
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metaphysical art | |
Notable work | creator of "Brew of Life", "Fantasy", "Jesus The Shaman", "Book of Patterns Dedicated to the American Indian", Reiki Tarot Cards |
Lisa Wray is a
In 1990 she visited the only two places in the country with proprietary computer systems capable of assembling her prototypes: Raphael Digital Transparencies in
Wray begins her creative process with a hand-rendered image and then explores the larger patterns that emerge through combining duplicates of the original. "My art ideals are beauty, harmony, and symmetry. In my mind's eye I can see vignettes of an image repeated until it creates a new image," she explains. Once the design is decided, Wray takes her original to a color trade shop where an operator scans it at high resolution, duplicates it as necessary, and assembles the work according to her plan. Why not do the work on a desktop system? At the physical size (20x24 inches) and high resolution Wray's after, small systems bog down. "I've tried a lower-end system, but it can't handle the detail, and I could have a cup of coffee while waiting for the image to move," she says. "I use a hot-melt, color-dye transfer technology -- a new archival process -- to transfer the transparency on a stretched canvas, and then I add paints to emphasize or highlight areas of the work. I can get colors I could never get through the production process."[4]
Wray has linked her "metaphysical imagery" to the archetypal framework of Carl Jung: "I like to think along the lines of Jung in that each work is a type of mandala; the premonition of a centre of personality, a kind of central point within the psyche, to which everything is related, by which everything is arranged, and which is itself a source of energy." Wray also likens her philosophy of art to the Greek born-Italian artist, Giorgio de Chirico, who referred to his dreamy style as "metaphysical painting."[5][6] Wray says her work is based on the "beauty, harmony and symmetry of subconscious thought, but would not be possible without the computer's infinitesimal, microcosmic handling of minute details."[7] "As a fine art designer, I love the computer's ability to achieve perfection and to handle the most minute detail. I also love the tactile feeling of working with paint, brushes and whatever! You can't beat some of the other old graphic arts engraving and etching processes."[8]
References
- ^ "Lisa Wray, Class of 1979", Hussian College Alumni.
- ^ "Arts and Science Form Strange Brew", Printing Impressions, March 1992 Volume 34, Number 10, p. 40 Boalsburg, PA.
- ^ Pfitzer, Gary. "Going with the Flow", Computer Graphics World, Portfolio, p. 73
- ^ McMillan, Tom. "Behind the Art - Finding the Physical in Metaphysical Imagery", Computer Artist, June/July 1993, p. 54.
- ^ McMillan, Tom. "Behind the Art - Finding the Physical in Metaphysical Imagery", Computer Artist, June/July 1993, p. 54.
- ^ Dan Koon, "Art Where Technology and Spirituality Converge" Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, Fine Art Registry.
- ^ "Arts and Science Form Strange Brew", Printing Impressions, March 1992 Volume 34, Number 10, p. 40 Boalsburg, PA.
- ^ "In Response to Alvy Ray Smith", Computer Pictures, November/December 1994.