Vonder Gray is another artist at the WAV who has been painting for over forty years, "it has been my life's work" says Gray. Gray describes her art as “abstract expressionist”. “The color, the brush strokes, the markings if you will, are all conceived at an emotional level that informs the work both on the surface and beneath the surface”. Gray went on to say that she “is always interested in what’s behind the façade of a painting and of a person”. Gray also acts and got swept up into the acting scene by plainly answering an ad in the newspaper. Next thing Gray knows, she was on the set of TV’s Law & Order. Gray describes the experience as “amazing”. Soon after she began taking acting classes with her teacher Jim Brick at the Gene Frankel Theaterin NYC. Jim Brick encouraged the artist/actress to write her own audition pieces. Grays ambition and creativity gave birth to her “one woman show; Skydiver”, which has been performed in NYC as well as in Ventura. (Full Article)
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