Virtual Art Gallery of Ray M. Hershberger

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Examples of various subjects
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Landscapes

"Color can be a metaphor for light and the act of painting can be a metaphor for the journey of life."

Gouache/Watercolors
- New! These small paintings are full of wonderful detail, exciting brushwork and glowing colors. These are some of my favorite paintings
- Long Format Watercolors
- It's amazing how a change of format can effect the design and reflect the subject.

Swamps and Other Wetlands

The complete exhibit of Swamp Series: watercolors, acrylics and oils, as well as installation photos

YEA!!!!!!

Silver Pee Dee, Oil Painting selected for exhibit in Artfields, Lake City, SC
http://www.artfieldssc.org

Plein - Air Paintings

Drawing
- Drawings - Current
- Drawings - Archive 1
- Drawings - 1970-80

"When drawing or painting with the model, often, all that I can do is capture the scene with some personal (my skills and interests) vision of fidelity and truth for the scene."

Figures

F-Large & Med Oils
F-Archive: Large 7 Med Oils

Acrylics
- Acrylics
- Lavender Nudes
  New! A series of drawing/paintings that explore light and shadow falling across a figure.
- Acrylics - Archive 1970's

Watercolors

Drawings
- Drawings

Millennium Kids

This series is devoted to children, memories, and the victims of 9-11

Statements

Still Life

"One year, I set the goal of painting one small flower painting every morning."

Oils & Acrylics

Watercolors

Archive - Flowers

Patterns & Designs

Paintings & Drawings

These works were created in the year that I graduated and found myself without a model or camera. They are based on: quilt designs, Celtic knots, Medieval manuscript covers, carpets and the works of M C Escher. My goal was to do hard-edge designs using open, loose techniques.

Animals

"But in these small animal paintings, I am free from exploring heavy themes and formal discussions."

Watercolors
- Watercolors - Page 1
- -- WC Page 2
- WC Cows (2007 -- )

The cow has captured my imagination and dominates much of my leisure painting time. WC Cows, above, is a page just for cows.

"Many of the Satyr Paintings are concerned with the anxiety of choosing between freedom and security."

MYTHS

Large & Med. Oils

Small Oils

Watercolors

Statements

~~Violence~~

"The healing sunlight turned into acid nights. With these paintings, I was trying to rid myself of this demon that had invaded my studio."

Domestic Violence

Media Violence

Historical Violence

Statements

Miniatures Miniatures Miniatures

"Small paintings can take as much energy as large ones: scale is about size not ideas."

"When the act of painting is viewed as a process of redefining goals and manageable tasks, the artist is free from the fear of failure and can find the creative source."

DemonstrationS

Papier Mache' Projects

& Other Fun Projects

Bugs: Ages 6-7

Bugs: Ages 10-12

Bowls: Mixed Ages

Primates: Ages 9-12

Various Projects

S^tatementS

"After 9-11 and 'Innocence in Search of Experience', a painting about that fateful day, I was interested in the fact that my world had changed, but for young children this would be the only world they know."

--New Millenniusm Kids

R. M. Hershberger was born in Sacramento, California, but has lived in Hampton Roads (Norfolk, Virginia) for more than thirty years.

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Clips

The asterisk marked items are articles/reviews that are primarily about my art and life. The others, listings and groups exhibitions, are included to round out the information and because of a little vanity.

VP 1.20.2017 Facing Our Fear

DP 12.30.12 Best of 2012

Diversions 100 Paintings July 2012

DP 02.19.12 Swamps-Williamsburg

VP 09.22.11 25 Years of d'ART

Norfolk Zone 2010

Diversions Self Portraits 09.10

Pulse 07.08,10 Swamps at Portlock *

Muck Is Beautiful

VP 06.08. Who's Your Daddy?

VP 07.12.07 Here Comes the Sun - Picks

VP 08.02.07 Here Comes the Sun

VP 05.07 Hampton Roads V.A. Idol

ES 03.17.07 Eclipse -- Stage Door Gallery

VP 12.20.06 -- Life Sessions

Port 10.03.06 -- Light and Shadow

VP 06.08.04 -- Outside Art

VP 03.07.03 -- Raze

Port 10.99 (?) Best in Area

C-VP 10.09.97 Auction of Stars

VP 08.10.97 Self-Portraits

VP 07.18.96 Hero *

VP 10.__.94 -- Animal Art *

VP 08.19.94 Kings Daughters

VP 07.24.94 -- Geeks and Goddesses

PT 05.08.94 -- Evolving Style *

C-VP 04.28.94 Famous Artist

VP 05.07.92 Art Shows *

PT 07.02.92 Exploring the World *

VP/LS 12.18.90 Many Moods *

ECN 08.__90 Wet Look *

ECN 08.01.90 Pasquotank

C-VP 05.16.90 Stockley Gardens *

VP/LS 04.29.90 House and Garden

Com 11.23.89 Bit of Drama *

VPLS 11.05.89 Social Scene

VPLS 01.22.89 FX Gallery

VP/LS 05.30.88 Seawall Honors

Port 05.03.88 Special Section

Port 04.26.88 -- Bridge Mix

VP/LS 04.17.88 -- Familiar Look

Bea 04.13.88 -- Art Wins Converts

VP/LS 04.10.88 -- Best Light

CP 03.10.88 -- Art Guild

VP/LS 08.23.87 -- Studio 3009

Port 10.20.87 -- Let Me In

CP 09.27.87 Day in the Park

VP/LS 05.10.87 Lazy Day

Com 01.28.87 Filler Show *

J&G 06.__.86 Managing Editor

VP/LS 06.08.86 Top Prize

Cli 03.23.86 -- Inspiration *

J&G 03.12.86 Grumbacher Award

VP/LS 12.15.85 Ghent Show *

VP/LS 05.29.83 Ghent Winners *

VP/LS 05.08.83 --Potpourri

Cu 03.05.82 Hillard Library

LS 004.08.72 New Gallery *

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A collection of links to various websites by artists or about artists. Check out these artists, some are friends and some are nationally known artists that I admire.)

Supply lists for classes

Information for my classes, & a general supply buying guide for entry level artist
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- Drawing

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The

Pearl

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(An "Open Narrative" Series, using one amazing model by Ray M. Hershberger

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"When her bare foot touched the cool, cleansing water, she transformed from a middle-aged woman into an earth goddess; then a charming countess, next a serious teacher, and finally a playful lost child. The variations were complex, and I immediately knew that she was a subject capable of generating several series of paintings"

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Landscapes

There are over 30 years of paintings in this category. Among the oldest are sites that clearly show a separation between the viewer (artist) and the scene. This inability to get close to the main subject (farmhouse, dock, lake) was a definite theme of the early works -- the pervasive and restrictive nature of private property. While this theme of alienation from the landscape has faded, the reality is that many views are still from afar. Sites are from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia,

Sometimes, there is no view. The vegetation pushes up and outward from the picture frame. These paintings have an overall composition, reflecting Jackson Pollock's compositions but with real objects. Most of these are overgrown urban lots in Norfolk, Chesapeake and Hampton, Virginia.

Suburban scenes came next, as I tried to close the gap between myself and motif. Most of these scenes were from Virginia Beach, VA or Myrtle Beach, SC.

The newest works are a more traditional approach to landscapes. Starting with the Highway Homes Series, these are scenes between Norfolk, VA and South Carolina. Others are travel related and are scenes in Italy, Maine, and New York. Like the Highway Homes, these paintings are based on photos that are taken from the road, from a public spot.

My new studio, in downtown Norfolk, VA, brings me in contact with the waterfront. I have always been fascinated by rivers, lakes and oceans, but never had the daily experience of seeing ships and boats. Now that I do, I have added tugboats to my repertoire of subjects and expect to add other vessels in the future.

Figures

The earliest figures are of family members and friends.

Most of the figures are the result of being a member of a figure-drawing group. Many of the poses are shared set-ups -- with seven artists taking turns with the models. We have met together as a group for almost thirty years.

Some are the results of photographs, I like to think of these as guerilla-snap-shots. They are candid shots rather than posed shots. Many of the New Millennium Kids are developed from photographs.

Still Life

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Ray M. Hershberger

View Blog: http://www.trialanderrorpainter.blogspot.com/

New! These small paintings are full of wonderful detail, exciting brushwork and glowing colors. These are some of my favorite paintings

It's amazing how a change of format can effect the design and reflect the subject.

Drawings - Current

Statements

F-Large & Med Oils

F-Small Oils

Drawings

Statements

Watercolors

Watercolors - Page 1

WC Cows (2007 -- )

The cow has captured my imagination and dominates much of my leisure painting time. WC Cows, above, is a page just for cows.

"Small paintings can take as much energy as large ones: scale is about size not ideas."

Material world I - Oil

Mother & Child - Oil

A collection of links to various websites by artists or about artists. Check out these artists, some are friends and some are nationally known artists that I admire.)

Supply lists for classes

Information for my classes, & a general supply buying guide for entry level artist

Various Businesses and on-line Catalogs that offer supplies for the artist, Many have some recommendations.