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Donray painting “Trio con Brio” unveiled at TCU chamber music event

    FORT WORTH, TX (Nov. 24, 2009) — TCU’s “Faculty and Friends” Chamber Music Series added an art feature to its concert last night when the large painting “Trio con Brio” by international artist Donray was unveiled during intermission. The subject matter of the painting is the chamber group Trio Con Brio, consisting of musicians John Owings (piano), Misha Galaganov (viola) and Gary Whitman (clarinet).

    The chamber trio joined TCU colleagues for the event at 7:30pm, Nov. 23 2009, in PepsiCo Recital Hall, performing works they also plan to play on their upcoming tour in China next month.

    In addition to Owings, Galaganov and Whitman, performers last night included Jesús Castro-Balbi (cello), José Feghali (piano), Yuan-Xiong Lu (bass) and Curt Thompson (violin). The group has been invited to play for the Chamber Music Series of the Shanghai Concert Hall on Dec. 19 and will also perform in Beijing and Shenyang. The group will visit universities in all three cities where the TCU School of Music is establishing working relationships to foster the exchange of faculty and students.

    From today throughout the holiday season, Donray’s “Trio con Brio” will also be on tour: the painting will be on display at Steinway Hall locations in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Plano. Visit Steinway Hall DFW for schedule and details.

 
  Artist Donray (born Donald Arvin Ray in Houston in 1945) completed “Trio Con Brio,” an acrylic on canvas work that measures 62.5” by 80”, over the summer of 2009. Donray’s painting style emphasizes color and motion and reflects the dynamic nature of human and animal life. Lines and gestural brush strokes define shapes in masses of swirling color. Through the 1990s, he developed a process that combines gel and polymer gloss media with a vibrant palette of intense acrylic hues and varied texture applications, glazing and under-painting, and since 1999, he has been working in his innovative acrylic-on-acrylic collage technique. His work has been exhibited in New York City, Washington, D.C., London, Houston and in the Metroplex where he now makes his home.

    In early 2009, selected paintings by Donray were purchased in major acquisitions by two prominent financial corporations, the New York-based Prestige Financial Center and Dallas-based Allegiance Capital Corporation. Both corporations cited the rising value of alternative investment vehicles and fine art’s unusual appreciation potential, as well as Donray’s artistic power and appeal, as supportive reasons.

    Also, Donray will be hosting a series of gatherings at his studio for collectors and interested art lovers from now through December 2009. His studio gatherings offer an opportunity to learn more about Donray and see a large selection of his work. To inquire about studio gathering dates, contact the artist.

    Find more information about Donray on the web at www.donrayartist.com or at Artnet.com. Donray is also represented at Artnet.com by the Art N Form Gallery.

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photo credit: Glen Ellman