Dick Wray was born at Heights Hospital in 1933 and primarily educated in Houston, Texas. He took free art lessons at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts in his early teens, graduated from Lamar High School (Houston, Texas) and, following military service in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955, enrolled in the School of Architecture of the University of Houston from 1955 to 1958. He finished his studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany in 1959. Wray took off for Europe in 1958 to discover for himself the center of the art world, starting his journey in Paris. Wray’s first competitive show was at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont in 1959. In 1962 he was awarded the Ford Foundation Purchase Prize. Wray has had a number of solo exhibitions at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston and his works are continuing to be shown at William Reaves Gallery.
(Biography provided by Reeves Antiques)
Abstract Mixed Media Painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Mixed media work with various animals and the phrase, "very restful here...". Artist Biography: Dick Wray, a native Houstonian,born in Heights Hospital in 1933 was primarily educat...
Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Modern Black and White Surreal Figurative Abstract Mixed Media Painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Modern black and white surreal figurative abstract painting by Houston artist Dick Wray. The work features various eyes collaged together to create a surreal composition. Signed and ...
Canvas, Mixed Media
Small Dark Grey Abstract Expressionist Figurative Portrait Painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Small dark grey abstract expressionist painting of a figure's face by Dick Wray. The painting is currently unframed. Artist Biography: Dick Wray, a native Houstonian, born in Heigh...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Blue, Orange, and Green Abstract Geometric Figurative Collage
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful mixed media drawing of an abstract mixed media collage by Texas Artist, Dick Wray. The work depicts colorful shapes and geometric birds. Signed and dated by the artist at the top of the work. Framed and matted in a simple wooden frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 16.88 in. W 13.88 in. Artist Biography: Dick Wray, a native Houstonian, born in Heights Hospital in 1933 was primarily educated in Houston, Texas. He took free art lessons at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts...
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Price Upon Request
Untitled #1206 - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Untitled #1494 - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Price Upon Request
"Untitled" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Price Upon Request
Untitled - Framed Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Untitled - Framed Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Untitled - Framed Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Price Upon Request
"Untitled" - FramedAbstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Price Upon Request
Untitled - Framed Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Untitled - Framed Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Untitled - Framed Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Untitled - Dick Wray, Abstract Oil Paint, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This monumental abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray exhibits a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick ...
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Untitled - Dick Wray, Abstract Oil Paint, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Price Upon Request
Untitled #1927 - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This monumental abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray exhibits a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick ...
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Untitled #1076 - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray exhibits a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s artw...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Price Upon Request
Untitled #1082 - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Price Upon Request
Untitled #1494 - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
"Untitled" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Price Upon Request
"Untitled" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Price Upon Request
"Untitled #1422" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Price Upon Request
"Untitled #1902" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Price Upon Request
"Untitled" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Price Upon Request
"Untitled" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Price Upon Request
Untitled
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Price Upon Request
Untitled #1473 - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Price Upon Request
"Untitled" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Canvas, Oil, Laid Paper
Price Upon Request
"Untitled #1024" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray expresses a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s art...
Oil, Laid Paper
Price Upon Request
"Untitled" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This vibrant artwork by late Houston artist Dick Wray is an abstract oil painting in the style of abstract expressionism. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly...
Oil, Laid Paper, Photographic Paper
Price Upon Request
"Untitled #1500" - Abstract Oil Painting, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This abstract oil painting by late Houston artist Dick Wray exhibits a striking kinetic energy. Thick layers of paint foster a remarkable tactility commonly found in Dick Wray’s artw...
Oil
"Untitled, " Mixed Media on Canvas - Figurative Collage painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
While this work may stray from the diverse range of color and textures that usually dominate Wray’s canvases, one can see how Wray’s compulsion towards exploration drives him to inco...
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
Price Upon Request
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract painting, Contemporary Art
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Thick layers of paint foster an unctuousness commonly found in Dick Wray’s work. The treatment of the medium reflects a tendency toward impulse, whimsy, and vigorous expression. I...
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
Price Upon Request
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Wood - Abstract painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Thick layers of paint foster an unctuousness commonly found in Dick Wray’s work. The treatment of the medium reflects a tendency toward impulse, whimsy, and vigorous expression, whil...
Wood, Mixed Media, Oil
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Thick layers of paint foster an unctuousness commonly found in Dick Wray’s work. The treatment of the medium reflects a tendency toward impulse, whimsy, and vigorous expression. I...
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
This work, although understated in comparison to other works of Wrays, reflects the abstract expressionist’s devotion to freedom of expression, both in form and color, and his intere...
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Thick layers of paint foster an unctuousness commonly found in Dick Wray’s work. The treatment of the medium reflects a tendency toward impulse, whimsy, and vigorous expression. I...
Mixed Media, Oil
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Thick layers of paint foster an unctuousness commonly found in Dick Wray’s work. The treatment of the medium reflects a tendency toward impulse, whimsy, and vigorous expression. I...
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
Price Upon Request
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract Impressionist painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Here the boundary between line and form seems blurred. While still spontaneous in application, Wray’s treatment of the paint suggests an oscillation between sudden and more deliberat...
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
Price Upon Request
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract Impressionist painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
While this work may stray from the diverse range of color and textures that usually dominate Wray’s canvases, one can see how the quick and emotive treatment of the paint still captu...
Wood, Mixed Media, Oil
Price Upon Request
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract Impressionist painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Encouraged by spontaneity, this work uses line and texture to invigorate the painting’s picture plane in a way that is sudden and playful. In 1958, Wray embarked on a trip to Europe...
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
Price Upon Request
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract Impressionist painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
While this work may stray from the diverse range of color and textures that usually dominate Wray’s canvases, one can see how the quick and emotive treatment of the paint still captu...
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
Price Upon Request
"Untitled, " Oil, Mixed Media on Canvas - Abstract Impressionist painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Encouraged by spontaneity, this work uses texture and saturated color to invigorate the painting’s picture plane in a way that is rugged and playful. Born in Houston, Texas in 1933...
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas