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Raymond King About the Artist: In an art world that all too often reflects the turmoil and instability of our times, Raymond King’s paintings stand out as a welcome relief. This prolific artist’s works reflect this ongoing interest in capturing the static tension between light and shadow, while at the same time relating a distinct sense of movement. Originally, King was drawn to the Renaissance technique of creating an illusion of realism by gradually building up the forms of a painting through successive applications of thin layers of oil glazes, with opaque colors added in the final stages of the process. Over the course of his 30-year career, King has expanded on this layering palette knives rather than brushes and layers of pure opaque color. These layers built up until they achieve a tangible as well as a pictorial rendering of light and shadow, with a distinct and vivid impasto quality. A serious student of art since childhood --- he was apprenticed to Florida artist Michael Puiggi when only nine years old -- Raymond King studied at the New England Institute of Art and the Boston Museum School. After studies with such notable American artists as Maclvor Reddy, Phillip Hicken and R.H. Ives Gammell, King spent three productive years in Rome on a painting fellowship. In 1972, at age 20, he was accepted as the youngest new member of the Copley Society of Boston, America’s oldest ongoing arts society, and was offered his first solo exhibition. Numerous solo and group exhibitions followed over the years, in Boston, Miami, New York, San Francisco and Seattle. Raymond King’s prizes and awards include the Prix de Rome Prize, finalist status in the 1991 Painting Competition of the Artist’s Magazine, and the 1996 K. Phillips Memorial Prize for Contemporary Landscape Art. At present, King spends much of his time on commissioned still life paintings. Whenever he is able, he likes to get outdoors to paint the natural beauty that attracted him to the Michigan area. King’s recent paintings display the coloristic eccentricities he has observed while painting in the field.
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 First Signs of Spring |
 Golden Fall |
 Still Life |
 The Decision |
 Winter |