Aug 23 - Oct 6

Abstract Atmosphere, paintings by Ramsay Wise

Artist Statement

Working primarily in spray paint and acrylic, Wise’s paintings fit somewhere between abstraction and representation. He avoids proper paint brushes, paints only on canvases laid flat on a table, and mixes mediums. He is motivated by an empty canvas, broad archetypal subjects such as landscapes and weather, and unconventional application techniques. His paintings have shown locally at the Columbia Art League, Sager Reeves Gallery, Teller’s Gallery and Bar, DogMaster Distillery, the George Caleb Bingham Gallery, and the Reynolds Journalism Institute. His works have shown regionally at The Frank and Billie Railton Gallery in The Etta and Joseph Miller Performing Arts Center in Jefferson City, the formerly Fayetteville Underground (now Art Ventures) in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Pierre Laclede Honors College at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Leach Theatre in Castleman Hall on the campus of Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T) in Rolla, Art Saint Louis, and at the Underground Gallery, Vanessa Lacy Gallery, and Jones Gallery in Kansas City. He has one painting on permanent display on the campus of MS&T.

Ramsay was spotlighted for his artwork in the Ovation section of The Columbia Daily Tribune in 2017 and his paintings can be seen in publications such as Mud Season Review, The Sonder Review, Prick of the Spindle, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Columbia Journal, 3Elements Review, The New England Review, Bellerive, Duende, and The New Territory.

Ramsay is Instructor of Film Studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia.