Dusty Ray

About

Dusty Ray is a contemporary American painter and illustrator based in Portland who has distinguished himself through surreal, visceral artwork exploring animal anatomy and dark themes. Growing up around wildlife in Fort Collins, Colorado, significantly influenced his artistic subject matter and approach. Ray is known for his DIY ethos, maintaining complete creative control over his work by hand-packing and shipping paintings, printing his own prints, and managing all aspects of his artistic business independently.

Surreal, visceral dark art with graphic, dreamy realism. His work is characterized by nightmarish imagery, dense small depictions, and an obsessive focus on animal anatomy, particularly legs, teeth, and eyes. He explores the intersection between human and animal forms.