More Silent Than More

This exceptional art was created by Bay Area artist Ray Beldner.

“It started as a small-scale collage using portions of iconic paintings from the Renaissance period. I play with their rich colors, shapes, and textures in order to release the latent energy in the original work and create new visually confounding compositions. I am often amazed at what results from the simple juxtaposition of unrelated forms. Collage allows me to recast these well-known artworks in a different light, questioning our understanding of them and their current relevance.”  The end result: an engaging (five by fifteen foot) large-scale artwork.

About The Artist

Ray Beldner is a sculptor and mixed media artist whose work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and can be found in many public and private collections including the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and the Federal Reserve Board, Washington D.C., 21c Museum, Kentucky, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Oakland Museum of California, and the San Jose Museum of Art, among others.

For more information about Ray Beldner and his work visit his website and view a video about his “shaped collages”.

About Stephen Miller Gallery

Stephen Miller - a respected collector and retailer of vintage, antique and contemporary hand-woven Persian and Oriental rugs - graciously provided the exterior wall of his business for this special large artwork.