{"product_id":"ray-byram-sunset-over-catalooche-rb-102125-004","title":"Ray Byram Sunset Over Cataloochee","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtist: Ray Byram\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt is 12 x 9\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatte is 18.5 x 15.5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited Edition #53 of #140\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"content4 cid-sEYbYbj4h6\" id=\"content4-28\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"title col-md-12 col-lg-10\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"mbr-section-subtitle align-center mbr-fonts-style mb-4 display-5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"mbr-section-subtitle align-center mbr-fonts-style mb-4 display-5\"\u003eA brief biography of Ray Byram\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"content5 cid-sEYbYxRAmy\" id=\"content5-29\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-12 col-lg-10\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mbr-text mbr-fonts-style display-7\"\u003eRaymond M. Byram was born and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He received his primary and secondary education in area schools. He earned his Bachelors of Fine Arts from Indiana University, graduating in 1976. Ray is the co-founder of the Indiana University Art Museum, which he accomplished while completing a museum internship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresently a free-lance artist working in oils, watercolor and printmaking. He has done extensive commission work for private and corporate collections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA phrase that best describes Raymond Byram and his work is: “technical virtuosity”. The late Dr. Ben Miller, Chairman of Indiana University at Pennsylvania’s Fine Arts Department that taught Ray his final advanced oil painting course before graduation, stated at that time that Ray Byram had reached a level of “technical virtuosity”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eByram has been painting in oil since 1969. He received his Fine Arts degree in 1976 while also receiving a minor in Art History. He co-founded the Indiana University o f Pennsylvania Fine Arts Museum while completing a museum internship under the nationally renown art historian Dr. Balsiger. Since graduation he has devoted himself to his painting, having one man and group shows throughout the East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough he has worked in a variety of genres, styles and mediums from abstract to surreal to neo-realism, from oils to watercolors, etchings, woodcuts and serigraphy, it has been landscapes in oil that have been his primary pursuit. His love of nature, the Appalachian forests in conjunction with his love of Impressionism have combined to synthesize his individual style which he calls a “tight impressionism”. Byram explains, “At quick glance my style obviously looks realistic, yet I employ the theories and approach of the Impressionists”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the late 80’s, Byram discovered a medium that would revolutionize his work and his career; serigraphy – silk screen print making. Most serigraphy is basically a stencil process, working directly on the screen, whereas Byram works from the opposite premise by doing a painting first and then hand separation from it using a separate sheet of acetate for each color and red opaquing pen to duplicate every speck of the one color he is picking out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnlike most serigraphy, this gives the finished work a much stronger, painterly effect. Thus far, Byram has done from 16 to 22 colors per serigraph. This very tedious separation process takes him up to 200 hours to complete. Each color is individually hand pulled, layering one over another until each color is complete. There is no room for error.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eByram’s oils are almost exclusively done with small palette knives rather than brushes. Byram finds his inspiration throughout the eastern mountains and forests, particularly in the North Georgia and North Carolina. He also finds it in the local roads around his home in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina where he resides with his son Sam and Jack the wonder dog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe artist explains,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"content6 cid-sEYclimqtD\" id=\"content6-2a\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row justify-content-center\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-12 col-lg-10\"\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"line\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mbr-text align-center mbr-fonts-style my-4 display-7\"\u003e“There are so many beautiful roads, even the well traveled, where it’s difficult or impossible to just stop in your tracks and take it all in. The winding roads, the light filtering through the trees. That lighting effect is what I’ve been keying on. That sense of ‘realness’ to me, it is a very special spiritual magical thing.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Ray Byram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60794848543090,"sku":"RB-102125-004","price":199.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0892\/5010\/3666\/files\/Sunset_Over_Cataloochee8-150x150.jpg?v=1762008693","url":"https:\/\/shop.thestrawberryshopyork.com\/products\/ray-byram-sunset-over-catalooche-rb-102125-004","provider":"The Strawberry Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}