Eugene Ray SDSU 1970's

Eugene Ray SDSU 1970's
Eugene Ray 1970's. photo credit: Tom Davis

Friday, June 14, 2013

EARLY RADIANT COLOR PROJECTS


+MARTIN SENOUR PAINT w/ EUROPEAN PIGMENT+
>became my favorite medium to create a new<
>SAN SOUCI FOREST RADIANT SPIRIT+
>in ten years of intense activity<
+1960 -1970+
^^^^^^^

>our new friends the Barrangers and Lobdells were<
+MIRIAM BARRANGER FOCUS+
>kind support to my VISION for radiant artistry<
>they had created a small world with arts<
(+LITTLE THEATRE AND+
+ARTS ASSOCIATION+)
>interest in the remote SanSouci Forest<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+C. ALVIN BERTEL+
>owned the SanSouci Forest and sold a 1/2 acre<
>site to us w/ beautiful magnolia & oak trees<+
>the decade of work i produced there<
>prepared us for the california years<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+TONIGHT’S PHOTOS+
>the foundation for Radiance in the<
>Beautiful San Souci Forest<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

#1) +EXPLORER’S GIFT SHOP+
>built in the New Orleans Vieux Carre was the first of<
>my three New Orleans Radiant Color projects<
+RADIANT SHADOW BOX WALL+
>seen here was the feature of that project<
>Martin Senour Paint my Media<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

#2) +FIRST COLOR PROJECT+
>for a client was this small family room addition<
>to a standard family home near Covington<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+FRANCOIS VERLOIN de GRUY+
>my ancestor’s plantation was very close<
>to the setting of this radiant work<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+THIS MILIEU WAS VITAL+
+TO MY OEUVRE+
^^^^^^^^^^

#3) +SAN SOUCI FOREST SOFA+
>my blessed wife, Marian loved these two sofas<
>that i constructed for the glazed pavilion<
>house in the SanSouci Forest<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+RADIANCE+
>was the factor that galvanized
>the forest synchronicity<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+SHE WAS RADIANT WITH LIGHT+
>later shared in california<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

#4) +GLAZED STUDIO RESIDENCE PAVILION+
>with radiant orange, green, yellow and brown panels<
>outside the bedroom closets expressed the light<
>that Marian inspired in my creative vision<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+RADIANT OEUVRE+
>this was our home for ten years<
>w/ much work made here<
>color-light-energy<
^^^^^^^^^^


#5) +SYNCHRONICITY PREVALED+
>the San Souci Forest mise en scene was important<
>to my Gruy ancestors history in the French<
+ORIENT FOREST+
>and their later louisiana jungle plantations<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+THE INDIAN MOUND PLANTATION+
>of Jean Baptiste Verloin deGRUY<
>in the Barataria Forest comes<
>instantly to my mind<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

+THE SOUNDS OF THE FOREST+
+WERE UNFORGETABLE+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

gene ray, lajolla, california

>eugene ray, mfa, architect<
>professor emeritus, sdsu<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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