From the book and museum exhibition
ART OF THE DIVE / PORTRAITS OF THE DEEP
David J. Wagner, Ph.D., Curator/Tour Director
DON RAY (b. 1958, Akron, OH) grew up in Springfield, Ohio where his interest in art extends as far back as he can remember. Don learned about fresh water subjects as a boy fishing and netting local streams and lakes. Like so many others, Don is a self-taught artist, who studied the work of masters from 'The Golden Age of Illustration' such as N.C. Wyeth, Fredrick Remington. But Don also learned from contemporaries like George Schelling...more