Being from Texas, Beyond Illustration, & Seeing Things Differently with Painter Ray-Mel Cornelius

In this in-depth talk with Taos, New Mexico-based artist Ray-Mel Cornelius, we discuss:

• The complicated relationship many Texans have with their home state
• How a childhood in rural Texas, open spaces, and living in cities have influenced Ray-Mel’s work
• The political and environmental subtext of landscapes
• The instinctual nature of art-making
• Loaded words and subjective meaning
• Ray-Mel’s background as an illustrator and how that does and does not connect to his current work
• Joy, edginess, and the “Should’s” in art
• Differences between illustration and fine art
• Watching the moon landing, experiencing the total eclipse, and awe of the Universe
• The differences in how we perceive color, how we visually communicate information outside the range of human perception, and how that translates into life


TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introducing Ray-Mel
00:23 Texas, Our Texas
10:17 Back to the Land
21:07 To Illustrate a Point
35:36 The Child’s Mind
51:03 Illustrating the Point, with Style
58:19 To the Moon and Back
01:18:50 Seeing Differently


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• Ro2 interview: https://www.ro2art.com/ray-mel-cornel...
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• Ray-Mel is represented by Ro2 Gallery: https://www.ro2art.com/ray-mel-cornel...
• Ray-Mel’s website: http://raymelcornelius.com
• Follow Ray-Mel on Instagram:   / raymelcornelius  



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