RALPH K. STANLEY - MAGNIFICENT ART
After a bike wreck in 2013 and subsequent traumatic brain injury, drawing became my passion and obsession. I began creating small drawings on random pieces of paper. Anything I picked up was my canvas: Post-It notes, candy wrappers, envelopes, old business cards. I found that if I just put pen to paper, the drawing would seem to start drawing itself. I do not pre-plan my drawings save for a few lines, maybe a watercolor wash, leaf print or template as a starting point. Many I do not remember doing. I have found certain characters and symbols appearing repeatedly in my drawings. I never know quite what to expect! For many hours every day I draw automatically and spontaneously for the sheer joy of creating. My work continues to grow and develop into a complex universe of fantastic faces, figures, creatures, shapes, patterns, and colors.
I invite viewers to take a close look, laugh, have fun, and be drawn into my strange little world. My work is meant to be thought-provoking. I invite viewers to formulate their own meaning and participate in in their own discovery of the many images playing hide-and-seek in my work.
Ralph Stanley’s work is currently on display and can be purchased at the Artisans Gallery in Mancos, CO and Loop’s Coffee House in Dolores, CO. Ralph and his wife, Carlye, reside in Dolores where they share a passion for art, gardening and raising their Australian Shepherds- Sadie and Tootsie.
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Ralph may be contacted at carlyb63@gmail.com or phone: 1-512-1294-5531
I invite viewers to take a close look, laugh, have fun, and be drawn into my strange little world. My work is meant to be thought-provoking. I invite viewers to formulate their own meaning and participate in in their own discovery of the many images playing hide-and-seek in my work.
Ralph Stanley’s work is currently on display and can be purchased at the Artisans Gallery in Mancos, CO and Loop’s Coffee House in Dolores, CO. Ralph and his wife, Carlye, reside in Dolores where they share a passion for art, gardening and raising their Australian Shepherds- Sadie and Tootsie.
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Ralph may be contacted at carlyb63@gmail.com or phone: 1-512-1294-5531
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