It is a departure from his earlier style as natural and organic forms play an equally important role as urban motifs. The artist contemplates subjects as diverse as the universe’s passage of time all the way to the simple pleasure of the lakeside.
Ray presents a set of appealing and fascinating canvases that show his technical prowess, but that yet asks for a more systematic conceptualization of his work
Placing the works outside of the typical exhibition space of a gallery also signals a different type of storytelling, one that responds to, and moves beyond the limited narratives around a Caribbean “paradise.”