Raymond Whalen

I currently live in the Adirondacks, surrounded by nature and family.

I find inspiration in the natural-world. Textures, patterns, random or ordered repetition as well as light and shadow are things I am drawn towards. I love the change of seasons, and all that each season brings in color, temperature lighting, smells, sounds and textures. My work is often varied as I explore different ways to capture what interests me.

In clay I have been exploring form and function, enjoying both controlled and loose form. I paint in watercolors, acrylics and oils. I enjoy printmaking, woodworking and found object constructions. Discarded materials are my inventory while everywhere I look I see compositions waiting to be manifested in some way. I am a K-12 Art educator as well as having been an adjunct professor at SUNY Canton, SUNY Potsdam and St. Lawrence University.

“Yesterday I thought I was clever, so I decided to change the world. Today I am wise, so I decided to change myself!” — Rumi

Artistic Achievements

Illustrator: Harriet’s Big Adventure children’s book 2015    
Illustrator: A Hug for Harriet children’s book 2013
Illustrator: The Elemental Tooth Fairy children’s book 2002
Illustrator: The North Country Public Radio Coloring & Activity Book 2002
Illustrator: Big Mama Buffalo children’s book 1995
Author & Illustrator: Those Crazy Sheep children’s book/card w/envelope 1998
Best Water Color, North Country Regional Juried Exhibition 1997
Best Water Color, Massena Artist Association, Juried Art Exhibition 1996
Best Mixed Media, Massena Artist Association, Juried Art Exhibition 1986
Purchased Award, Cortland Invitational (figure drawing) 1986
St. Lawrence University Permanent Collection
  http://gallery.stlawu.edu    select browse - alumni portfolio - page 4 and 5

Related Art Experience

Owner: Stone Valley Sign & Frame:  South Colton, NY 2000-Present
Owner: Main Street Sign & Frame, Potsdam, NY 1993-2000
Installations Coordinator: Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 1990-1993
Founder: The Loft, alternative space for art exhibitions, Canton, NY 1989-93
Installations Assistant: Tyler Art Gallery, State University College at Oswego, Oswego, NY 1985-86