Ray Byram is an oil painter and printmaker originally from Elizabeth, New Jersey with a specialization in landscape using his own innovative techniques for both his oil paintings and his Serigraph (Silkscreen) prints. While drawing on the same color theory utilized by the Impressionist painters, Byram utilizes a highly precise form of mark-making to produce what he calls a “tight Impressionism”. Painting with small palette knives, Byram uses minute blocks of unmixed color which only reveal themselves as such when seen from up close. Similarly, his serigraphs are multiple stencils of pure colors layered one over another and made to reproduce the exact forms produced in his paintings. The result is a surface full of vivid colors which are unadulterated by the blending of pigments.

Byram writes: “In 1984, my son, Sam, was born with Cystic Fibrosis. I desperately needed to find solace and hope… I began painting landscapes searching for hope and light…This is the spiritual essence that touches my soul. This is what keeps me connected with the divine.”

Ray Byram’s work will be on display starting April 16th and ending August 16th in the Panoramic Gallery.