Jim
Rey
After spending 25 years near the
San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado, Jim Rey
and his wife Sharon recently moved to a small farm in the
Sandhills of Nebraska. The fabulous landscapes that surround
him and the field studies and action scenes that he gathers on his
visits to local ranches, provide Jim with all the inspiration he
could ever need for his documentation of the living American
West. In addition, Jim often travels to wild horse habitats
to study, photograph and paint America's wild mustangs.
No one captures the spirit of the wild horse like Jim Rey!!
With his world as a
backdrop, Jim mixes his ranch work experience, years of historical
research and creates beautiful, authentic art works. Rey
graduated from the "old school" of painting; "I
read a lot on my own, went through every art book I could get my
hands on, and learned to paint by painting." Before he
established a reputation as a western artist, Jim completed many
commissioned works. He did 51 paintings for the Encyclopedia
Britannica, illustrating the history of the Buffalo in the
American West. He was the Graphic Arts Director for
Bilingual Children's Television, Inc., Graphic Arts Director for
"Over Easy" starring Hugh Downs and Phyllis Diller and
was the Art Director for the Emmy Awards in 1973, 1974 and
1976. Jim's paintings are authentic and real, and they come
to life as you look at them. He puts his subjects into real
situations so the viewer can watch them react. "I
strive to take a thought and bring in my way of looking at things
to situations I care about."
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