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Celia Raya
Celia Raya grew up in Ann Arbor Michigan. As the daughter if artistic
parents, Raya was exposed at an early age to a variety of creative
disciplines. Her father, an architect, regularly brought home
discarded plans for Raya and her siblings to use with their paints.
Raya's early memories of her art included her yearly school exhibition
held in the Rackham Museum. She received such a positive response
to her art during those shows, that it was then that she knew she
wanted to be an artist.
A move to Florida in the late 1960s gave Raya the opportunity to work
under the tutelage of New College Art Professor Jack Cartlidge. At
sixteen she was creating full size human figures in cement and marble
dust. After one year, Raya moved to San Francisco intent on creating
a life as an artist. Within two years she had become a successful
street artist, paying her bills by creating and selling her unique
jewelry. Over the next two decades Raya moved from creating and
selling her own jewelry on the street to working for a fortune 500
company and designing for top manufacturers of jewelry in the United
States.
Raya moved to Arizona in the mid 1980s, where she was hired to
design art for a major printing company. Her talent was quickly
recognized and she was given the opportunity to manage their
etching department. She credits this company for the very real life
education she received while working for them. Another publisher
soon noticed Rayas talents and by 1992 she was creating monoprints
and originals on paper for them. At this point in her life Raya took a
four-month sabbatical, during which she traveled to France and
studied en-plein-air painting.
In 1998 Raya moved to her studio to its current location in Santa Fe.
This change in location had enabled her to explore new areas of her
work, focusing on painting. A focus that has allowed her to speak
through her art on a subtle, personal level.
parents, Raya was exposed at an early age to a variety of creative
disciplines. Her father, an architect, regularly brought home
discarded plans for Raya and her siblings to use with their paints.
Raya's early memories of her art included her yearly school exhibition
held in the Rackham Museum. She received such a positive response
to her art during those shows, that it was then that she knew she
wanted to be an artist.
A move to Florida in the late 1960s gave Raya the opportunity to work
under the tutelage of New College Art Professor Jack Cartlidge. At
sixteen she was creating full size human figures in cement and marble
dust. After one year, Raya moved to San Francisco intent on creating
a life as an artist. Within two years she had become a successful
street artist, paying her bills by creating and selling her unique
jewelry. Over the next two decades Raya moved from creating and
selling her own jewelry on the street to working for a fortune 500
company and designing for top manufacturers of jewelry in the United
States.
Raya moved to Arizona in the mid 1980s, where she was hired to
design art for a major printing company. Her talent was quickly
recognized and she was given the opportunity to manage their
etching department. She credits this company for the very real life
education she received while working for them. Another publisher
soon noticed Rayas talents and by 1992 she was creating monoprints
and originals on paper for them. At this point in her life Raya took a
four-month sabbatical, during which she traveled to France and
studied en-plein-air painting.
In 1998 Raya moved to her studio to its current location in Santa Fe.
This change in location had enabled her to explore new areas of her
work, focusing on painting. A focus that has allowed her to speak
through her art on a subtle, personal level.
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Raya 's art work.
Raya 's art work.
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