I have been creating art since the 1960s. Only in the past ten years or so have I called myself an artist. I love to use both watercolor and oil paints and, occasionally, prismacolor pencils and pastels. My favorite subjects are birds, flowers, landscapes, and people in action. I mostly paint in what is called ala prima, meaning the painting is finished in one setting, however long that might be. I earned a fine arts degree at Georgia Southern University.

Exhibits
2019 
Marsh Studio, Darien, Ga.
Altama Museum, Vidalia, Ga.
Rosengart Gallery, Statesboro, Ga.
Betty Foy Art Gallery, Statesboro, Ga.
2018 
Averritt Center for the Arts Gallery, Statesboro, Ga.
Betty Foy Art Gallery, Statesboro, Ga.
2017
Student Art Night, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Ga.
Betty Foy Art Gallery, Statesboro Ga.
2016
Student Art Night, Georgia Southern University
Betty Foy Art Gallery, Statesboro, Ga.

Publications Containing My Work
Wild Card Quilt, by Janisse Ray (pen & ink drawing)
Moody Forest, edited by Janisse Ray (photos and book design)
The Seed Underground, by Janisse Ray (cover photo) 
Miscellany, Georgia Southern University’s student arts magazine (mono print)