Ray Scott has taken classes in life drawing and portraiture at Central Technical
School, College of Art in Toronto and Visual Arts Mississauga from
1974 to 1983.
Ray
started to study sculpture in 1983 under the direction of Augustin
Filipovic (a member of the Royal Academy) at the Mississauga Sculpture
Studio and has continued to be a member of this studio since that
time.
He has
had sculptures selected for the Visual Arts Mississauga juried show
in 1992, 1995, 1997, and 2002 and continues to participate in group
shows with the Mississauga Sculpture Studio each year.
Ray
has also exhibited his works as part of the Lakeshore Art Trail
in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
The
Mississauga Arts Council selected Ray’s sculptures for their
juried show in 2002, 2003 and 2005. These sculptures were displayed
at the Novo Hotel in Mississauga.
He has
also exhibited his sculptures at the Canadian Opera Volunteer Committee
Art Sale at the Hummingbird Centre in Toronto in 2001, 2002, 2003
& 2005.
He has
had sculpture accepted by the Colour and Form Society for their
juried show in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and had sculpture accepted by
the Oakville Arts Council for their juried show in 2003 and has
exhibited his works at the Learning Club & Fine Art Gallery
in Streetsville in 2003, 2004 & 2005.
In July
of 2005 he was commissioned to create a sculpture which was presented
to the recipient of the Laurie Pallett Award at the 2005 Mississauga
Arts Awards ceremony.
He has
had an art medals accepted for the Medallic Art Society (MASC) show
at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, the MASC show at the Sculptors
Society of Canada and has shown a medal at the Art Medal World Congress
(FIDEM XXIX) in Portugal in 2004.
His
work tends toward the figurative with a major interest in portraiture
and the human figure. Currently the world of abstract sculpture
is being explored.Ray is a member of the Mississauga Sculpture Studio,
Mississauga Arts Council, Visual Arts Mississauga, Colour and Form
Society and the Medallic Art society of Canada. He continues to
exhibit with the Colour & Form Society.
CONTACT:
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