James Wilson Rayen Art

Abstracted view of water lilies by James Rayen (born 1935). Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed on verso. Displayed in a modernist frame. Image size, 34"L x 30"H, overall 35"L x 3...

James Wilson Rayen's Flower #6 (White Flower) is one of a series of studies of blossoms, created in the early 2000s after the death of his mother. This oil painting on board, 12 x 9 x 0.75 inches, a delicate and nuanced treatment of white flowers in a simple vase, is unframed, signed on the front and wired on the back. A recurrent theme of the artist's, one that offers limitless variations, is the beauty and individuality of ordinary places and things. In Rayen's words, "memory, after observation, becomes the driving force—one forgets, adds, subtracts, and all take energy and imagination, until the painting becomes the product, not the process." Born in 1935 in Youngstown, Ohio, James Wilson Rayen was a graduate of Phillips Academy...

James Wilson Rayen's Flower #5 (Purple Flower) is an intimate 12 x 9 x .75 inch still-life oil painting on panel, one of a series of studies of blossoms, created in the early 2000s after the death of his mother. This delicate and nuanced treatment of purple blossoms in a simple white vase is unframed, signed on the front and wired on the back. A recurrent theme of the artist's, one that offers limitless variations, is the beauty and individuality of ordinary places and things. In Rayen's words, 'memory, after observation, becomes the driving force—one forgets, adds, subtracts, and all take energy and imagination, until the painting becomes the product, not the process.' Born in 1935 in Youngstown, Ohio, James Wilson Rayen was a graduate of Phillips Academy...

James Wilson Rayen's Flower #4 (Yellow Flower) is one of a series of studies of blossoms, created in the early 2000s after the death of his mother. This oil painting on board, 12 x 12 x 0.75 inches, is a fresh and nuanced treatment of daffodils in a simple white vase, signed on the front and wired on the back. A recurrent theme of the artist's, one that offers limitless variations, is the beauty and individuality of ordinary places and things. In Rayen's words, 'memory, after observation, becomes the driving force—one forgets, adds, subtracts, and all take energy and imagination, until the painting becomes the product, not the process.' Born in 1935 in Youngstown, Ohio, James Wilson Rayen was a graduate of Phillips Academy...

James Wilson Rayen's Flower #1 (Yellow Flower) is a fresh and nuanced painting of daffodils in a simple glass vase, one of a series of studies of blossoms created in the early 2000s after the death of his mother. The oil painting, on cradled gessoboard, is 12 x 12 x .75 inches, signed on the front and wired on the back. A recurrent theme of the artist's, one that offers limitless variations, is the beauty and individuality of ordinary places and things. In Rayen's words, 'memory, after observation, becomes the driving force—one forgets, adds, subtracts, and all take energy and imagination, until the painting becomes the product, not the process.' Born in 1935 in Youngstown, Ohio, James Wilson Rayen was a graduate of Phillips Academy...

James Wilson Rayen's oil painting "Flower #2 (Yellow Flower)" is a delicate and nuanced treatment of daffodils in a simple white vase. This oil painting on board, 14 x 11 x 0.75 inch...

James Wilson Rayen's Flower #3 (Yellow Flower) is a delicate and nuanced treatment of daffodils in a simple white vase in oil paint on board. This intimately-sized oil painting, 14 x...

James Wilson Rayen's 'Untitled Pastel #9' is a 15 x 15 inch pastel drawing on paper that depicts three flowering trees, crab apples, perhaps, along a country lane and is from a serie...

James Wilson Rayen's 'Untitled Pastel #4' is from a series of studies of summer rural landscapes. This piece depicts an empty road rolling through open green fields before disappeari...

James Wilson Rayen's 'Untitled Landscape #2', is a delightful oil painting, in soft blues and greens, of open field, reaching toward and beyond a grove of trees. A recurrent theme of the artist's, one that offers limitless variations, is time of day, change of seasons. In Rayen's words, 'memory, after observation, becomes the driving force- one forgets, adds, subtracts, and all take energy and imagination, until the painting becomes the product, not the process.' Originally from Youngstown, Ohio, James Wilson Rayen was a graduate of Phillips Academy...

James Wilson Rayen's 'Untitled Landscape #3', is a delightful oil painting, in soft blues and greens, of big sky, open field, and rolling hills in the distance. A recurrent theme of the artist's, one that offers limitless variations, is time of day, change of seasons. In Rayen's words, 'memory, after observation, becomes the driving force- one forgets, adds, subtracts, and all take energy and imagination, until the painting becomes the product, not the process.' Originally from Youngstown, Ohio, James Wilson Rayen was a graduate of Phillips Academy...