Trayc Claybrook                                                             All day painter

About the work...

Bits of found objects, bees wax, poetry and prose, often in different languages, are pieced together with pictograms and visual metaphors. Trayc’s meticulous attention to color and form are used to put forth the idea of hieroglyphic, subliminal story telling. The use of text affords the work a poetic and thoughtful aspect. The juxtaposition of symbols and the myriad of languages and handwriting, offers a purposeful glimpse into a positive deference towards life and a reminder that nothing is impossible.

Who IS this person anyway?

BEAUTY and TRUTH and CHAOS and WILDERNESS.
It's cooled off but my work hasn't. We had an open house at the studio a couple of weekends ago and I did sell some work. I really like the direction my work is headed. I have started a series on paper called "Birds on paper" and it is really all about compare and contrast of ways of being in the universe. It's very clean and sometimes sparse but visually poetic with a somewhat neutral color palette. I'll post some examples up in a few days. I had an opportunity to teach a short film making class to students from Booker T. Washington highschool via The Dallas Museum of Art. What a fun time that was. Those kids were so amazingly talented and free spirited. They just jumped right in started working; and their films are really cool. My PhD studies are taking up most of my time and will continue to do so for the next 4 weeks, but during the holidays I'll be in the studio more. WOW! what fun we are a havin'!

Rome 2006/7