ARTIST: THERESA GRIFFIN-RAY

 My journey is as an artist and an educator.  In college, I studied art and graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Arts with a teaching certification K-12.  At that time, my  work was mostly painting large abstract watercolors.  I went on to graduate school for several years in an MFA program where I focused on printmaking. My career was as an educator, teacher, principal, and director of curriculum and instruction. When time allowed I painted and did some pottery.  Now as a full time artist I focus on watercolor painting and pottery.  In my painting, I am inspired by mood, texture and color.  I am influenced by nature and like to create mood with abstract landscapes and sometimes florals.   My pottery is almost always wheel thrown usually creating one piece at a time.  I like to carve into clay or draw with underglazes.  My painting and works in clay  are explorations, a discovery of techniques that leads to manipulations causing a feeling or reaction for the viewer.  Those connections are what is important for me in my work. 

Studio: TMRAY Studio 

Mediums:  Pottery and Watercolor 

Email:  theresamray at gmail.com 

Home Base: Three Lakes, WI