Ray Strong: 100 Years

RAY STRONG 100 YEARS

“If you want to get to know the land, go and sleep with it.” - Ray Strong

Ray Strong’s achievements as an artist are greater than the number of coastlines he has traced or the number of clouds he’s laid down on canvas. His legacy is greater than the sum of his many students or their cumulative work. Indeed, Ray Strong’s contribution to landscape painting is inestimable. His greatest achievement, however, may be that a single man, moved simply and profoundly by nature’s splendor, could do so much to preserve beauty.

From his earliest days of kicking around with the likes of Maynard Dixon and George Post to his more recent adventures with the Oak Group, Ray’s life has been a study in modesty, integrity, and determination. Where he might have pursued fame, he chose instead to teach others. That the County of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and Sullivan Goss have chosen to honor Ray on his hundredth birthday is both fitting and wonderful. I share the sentiments of everyone who has known Ray or met him when I say, “It has been an honor and a joy to be part of your journey.”

- Frank Goss Above: Indian Summer, 1972 | 24 x 52 inches | oil on canvas | Collection of Barbara Strong

RAY STRONG:

TAKING IN THE LANDSCAPE ON EXHIBIT AT THE SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

DECEMBER 20 - MAY 2, 2005 2559 PUESTA DEL SOL ROAD SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105 OPEN: 10 - 5 DAILY ADMISSION: GENERAL $7

SENIOR $6

PHONE: (805) 682-4711

CHILDREN $4

ON THE WEB: www.sbnature.org

Harvest, 1927 23 x 34 inches oil on canvas Collection of Strong Family Trust

Multnomah Country Fair, c. 1927 20 x 24 inches oil on canvas Collection of Strong Family Trust

ON VIEW AT THE SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Mt. Saint Helens, nd 28 x 26 inches oil on board Collection of Barbara Strong

East Face of the Sierra, nd 11 x 27.5 inches oil on board Collection of Michael & Barbara Whitt

Happy Canyon Windrows, 1976 16 x 24 inches oil on board Collection of Michael & Barbara Whitt

Deep Springs Farm, 1963 18 x 24 inches oil on board Collection of Dick & Susan Strong

ON VIEW AT THE SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Goleta Beach, nd 15 x 30 inches oil on canvasboard Collection of Barbara Strong

Plough Pattern, 1941 30 x 36 inches oil on canvas Collection of Ethel Strong Adams

RAY STRONG: 100 YEARS

ON EXHIBIT AT SULLIVAN GOSS AN AMERICAN GALLERY

DECEMBER 30 - FEBRUARY 9, 2005

Shanties and Shacks - North Coast, c.1940s 21.5 x 27.5 inches oil on canvas

Don Archer Sketching in La Purissima, 1984 20 x 16 inches oil on board

ON EXHIBIT AT SULLIVAN GOSS AN AMERICAN GALLERY

Tucker’s Grove, 1969 22 x 28 inches oil on board

Lifting Clouds - Morning Light, April 1980 18 x 36 inches oil on board

Central Coast Hills, c.1960s 15.5 x 23.5 inches oil on board

Red Leaves in the Blue Mountains, Monticello 1969 18 x 24 inches oil on board

ON EXHIBIT AT SULLIVAN GOSS AN AMERICAN GALLERY

Monterey Coast, c. 1970 20 x 30 inches oil on masonite

Sailor’s Grove, 1968 16 x 24 inches oil on board

SULLIVAN GOSS - AN AMERICAN GALLERY -AND-

SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY INVITE YOU TO COME AND CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND WORK OF

RAY STRONG

SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

RAY STRONG:

TAKING IN THE LANDSCAPE DECEMBER 20 - MAY 2, 2005 100TH BIRTHDAY PARTY AND EXHIBIT CELEBRATION: MONDAY, JANUARY 3 2559 PUESTA DEL SOL ROAD SANTA BARBARA. CA 93105

SULLIVAN GOSS AN AMERICAN GALLERY

RAY STRONG: 100 YEARS

DECEMBER 30 - FEBRUARY 9, 2005

ON EXHIBIT AT OUR DOWNTOWN GALLERY: 7 EAST ANAPAMU STREET SANTA BARBARA. CA 93101

Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery 7 East Anapamu Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 730-1460

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