"I'm sure that all artists from around the world who are participating in this upcoming exciting event are as delighted and honored as I am. " More about the Olympics
SHRAY'S GALLERIES
Carmel-By-The-Sea, California
Portnoy Galleries
Georgetown
Ed Chasen Fine Art Gallery
Sacramento, California
The Art Foundry
San Francisco, California
Gallery 444
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Waxlander Gallery &
Sculpture Garden
Scottsdale, Arizona
Brennan Galleries
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Meyer-Milagros Gallery
Palm Desert, California
S R Brennan Galleries
Welcome to the official website of Olympic Master ScuLptor, Shray...
“I want to thank everyone ... for all your help and support. I'm so proud to represent our country in the 2008 Olympic Landscape Sculpture Design Contest. I have had this incredible experience. This endeavor helped me find the inner strength to be a sculptor during the challenging priod of recovering from lyme disease. Creating my piece for the Olympics and working with so many enthusiastic people in the United States and China truly made me feel, while I was recovering, that no matter what challenges any of us face, if we force ourselves to reach for the highest level we are capable of within ourselves, then we have succeeded. It is the process itself that is the award.”
“I want to extend my best wishes to all the artists who are competing in all of the different categories of the Landscape Sculpture Design Contest.” — Shray (March 2008)
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The work of bronze sculptor Shray....
reaches beyond place and time, gently speaking to people. This year, it also reaches beyond borders as her work travels throughout China and the world as a top-rated finalist in the sculpture competition for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Director for the competition and renowned artist, Yuan Xikun, and General Secretary Zou Wen lead the international effort.
"My piece honors parents worldwide who nurture the Olympic dream," said Shray, sharing the victory with Alan Osborne's Art Foundry team. "Art is a bridge," said Osborne. " China, with its rich cultural heritage is embracing the universal language of art." Read more.
Olympic Sculptor Shray -
her Sculpture "Forevermore" Presented to Yunan
Government of China.
TWO MEN, ONE CENTURY - At the Governor's office at the State Capital in Sacramento, California WW II vet, Ken Mecham (Shray's father), and Olympic sculptor Shray presented Shray's sculpture, Forevermore, to the Director of the California Arts Council, Muriel Johnson who, in turn, gifted it to Professor Yuan, Chairman 2008 Beijing Olympic Landscape Competition, for the Yunnan Government.
COMMISSIONED WORK
MARCH 2008
Shray has been commissioned to create a 3/4 life-size version of AS ONE.
See photos of the work in progress.
Location and further information will soon be forthcoming.
The NOSTALGIA SERIES
THE ARTIST SHRAY
Bronze sculptor, Shray, is one of the few working artists today who employs the rare Subtractionist technique. Like Michaelangelo, who released the human form in stone, Shray unveils her forms in blocks of clay. Through the lost wax process, her forms come to life in bronze. Great care is taken in the creation of each limited edition bronze. Shray feels that before she will put her name on the bronze sculpture, it must be perfect.
Shray invites you to explore her sculpture, read about her life and her technique, join her newsletter mailing list, and return again soon as she continues to add more bronzes to the site. More about Shray.
Sculpting the Emotions of Life: Shray
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The story most people know about how Shray became a sculptor involves her first visit to the Louvre at age 15 with her mother. As the story goes, the moment she walked in and gazed upon “Winged Victory of Samothrace,” she turned to her mother and announced that she would be a sculptor.
What most people don’t know is what sealed the deal and nearly got her thrown out of the Louvre a few minutes later.
“I went up and touched the sculpture, ”Shray says. “A guard yelled at me, but at the moment I touched it my fingers became instantly connected with my mind in a three dimensional way. Even today, I still believe that until you touch a sculpture, you don’t really know the piece.” In the time since, Shray (her name means “Morning Star” in Iroquois) has made the study of sculpture a lifelong pursuit. Read the article (.pdf)
View more photos of Shray's visit to the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco.
Gallery 444 San Francisco
Shray is pleased to announce the inclusion to the wonderful group of galleries that represent her work, GALLERY 444located in San Francisco, California. 
Gallery 444 displays a unique collection of exciting original works, featuring important contemporary artists from around the world, showcasing only original prints, paintings and sculpture.
Shray is pleased to be represented by these high quality FINE ART GALLERIES.
