RAY ROBERTS

About this artist

Ray spent his childhood in Orange County with orange groves, before the days of freeways and sprawling housing developments. It has given him an enduring affection for the untamed, undeveloped California of his youth. Following the early death of his father and mother’s ill-health, Ray was sent to Orme School, a beautiful, ranch-style boarding school in the Arizona desert. Its strong fine arts program helped Ray to discover his artistic talent and ultimately set in motion Ray’s pursuit in art and the West and it’s cultures.
Ray graduated from Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles with a BFA in1978 After 12 years as an illustrator Ray turned his focus to fine art. His western background weighed heavily in his transition. Accompanied with his artist-wife Peggi Kroll Roberts and their 3 young children, Ray began the path as painter with all the family in tow and soon gathered many prestigious awards.
Ray Roberts seeks to find the rhythm, beauty and ambiguity in painting. He seeks tension and balance, searches for discovery and familiarity, and pursues a sense of time and place. He honors the craft and standards set by the greats of the last 150 years.

Ray Roberts- Angels Camp, CA
Education: BFA Art Center College of Design, Pasadena CA;
Awards and Honors:
2020- Best in Show-Joan Irvine Smith Award California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition, Hilbert Museum
2017- Best in Show, Maynard Dixon Country, Thunderbird Foundation, Mt Carmel, UT
2015 Best in Show, Maynard Dixon Country, Thunderbird Foundation, Mt Carmel, UT
2015 Best in Show- Laguna Plein Air Invitational Laguna  Art Museum
2012 Best in Show/Gold Meal, California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition, USC Fisher Museum of Art
2011-Best in Show- Laguna Plein Air Invitational Laguna  Art Museum
2011 Best of Show, Maynard Dixon Country;
2007- Heritage Award, Irvine Heritage Show, San Juan Capistrano, California;
2006- Best of Showl, Irvine Heritage Show, San Juan Capistrano, California;
2006- Artists’ Choice Award, Best in Show ;
2005- Friends of OPA Award, Oil Painters of America, Chicago, Illinois;
2004- Gold Medal, California Art Club’s 94th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art;
2004- Artists’ Choice Award- Laguna Plein Air Invitational Laguna  Art Museum; 2004- Artists’ Choice Award- Maynard Dixon Country; 2003- Artists’ Choice, Laguna Plein Air Invitational;
2003- Artists’ Choice Award, Carmel Plein Air Festival;
2003- Honorable Mention, Carmel Plein Air Festival; 2003- Maynard Dixon Award, Sonoran Desert Invitational;
2001- American Artist Magazine Award for Excellence, Oil Painters of America National Juried Show;
2000- Best of Show, American Impressionist Society, Cincinnati, Ohio;1999- Artists’ Choice Award, Carmel Plein Air Festival;
1995- Best of Show and First Place Oil, Phippen Memorial Art Show, Prescott, Arizona; ;
1994 Best Portrait, Oil Painters of America, Chicago, Illinois;
1995, 1994, 1993- Best of Show, Beaver Creek Art Festival, Beaver Creek, Colorado.
Publications: Western Art Collector; Southwest Art; Plein Air Magazine.

Like many other disciplines of the Arts, Ray Roberts seeks to find the rhythm, beauty and ambiguity in painting. He seeks tension and balance, searches for discovery and familiarity, and pursues a sense of time and place. He honors the craft and standards set by the greats of the last 150 years. Ray’s vibrant use of color, bold textures, and sensitivity to shifting patterns of light and atmosphere give life and movement to his paintings.

Ray grew up in Orange County with orange groves, before the days of freeways and sprawling housing developments. It has given him an enduring affection for the untamed, undeveloped California of his youth. Following the early death of his father and mother’s ill-health, Ray was sent to Orme School, a beautiful, ranch-style boarding school in the Arizona desert. Its strong fine arts program helped Ray to discover his artistic talent