"Rooster Red" by Brian K Raynor

There has been a runaway chicken hanging around my workplace this week. It looked more hennish than roosterish.

I painted "Rooster Red" for some multigenerational, multicultural, multimedial (?) event a few years ago. Reminds me of Mexican Folk Art.

"The Attendant" by Brian K. Raynor

I painted "The Attendant" around 1988-91. This is the only photo image that I have been able to find. It was part of a trilogy of paintings: "The Attendant", "The Cadaver" and "The Mourner". It was exhibited at a show of local artist in Charlotte, NC (where it was admired by many Goth girls). It used to hang in On Common Grounds Coffee House in Concord, NC. It is the first painting that I ever sold. I blew the money from that sale on my first trip to Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender.

"Pear Trio" by Brian K. Raynor

The ancient Chinese believed that the pear was a symbol of immortality because pear trees live for a long time. In Chinese the word "li" means both "pear" and "separation," and for this reason, they say that to avoid separation, friends and lovers should not divide pears between themselves.

I painted "PEAR TRIO" a few years ago. It is a small painting. Acrylic on canvas board.

Painted the Winter of 2007 for Robin W Brown of Kannapolis NC.

I've never been a big fan of cats. Allergy to them has worsened since childhood. Growing up we had a family cat called Speckles. She was a calico. We found her as a kitten being attacked by a German Shepherd. She won that fight. She was very gentle and friendly otherwise. One of her last remaining descendants as I recall was a yellow cat we called Sonny. He looked much like the cat in the painting.

"I Dreamed There Was This Mountain" by Brian K Raynor

I dream a lot when I sleep (I daydream a lot when I'm awake). Dreams are usually very vivid. Here lately, perhaps due to the change in the weather or my eating habits, I am dreaming more and remembering more. I wake up at least five times a night because something is so frightening or too funny or very cold or way too intense or whatever that I can't help but wake up.

I painted "I Dreamed There Was This Mountain" a couple years ago after I dreamed there was this mountain that rose up from this water. Every surface seemed to have an almost silvery iridescent sheen. Surreal and calm and strangely beautiful. Nothing happened; I just happened upon it.

"Look At Me" by Brian K. Raynor

"Look At Me" by Brian K. Raynor (SOLD)


Look at me. I am a reminder that although we are covered by proud flesh, we are all the same inside - Spirits contained in failing vessels. Look at me! We are wonerfully made yet hidden from the eyes of each other. Flesh allows us to only see flesh. One day, we will all be uncovered (without flesh obscurring our view) and we will see and be seen for who we really are - Eternal spirits consuming and being consumed by the Good or Evil here below. Look at me. I am a reminder that this life and this world are only temporary. One day every vessel will be broken and every spirit unbound into the presence of the CREATOR. Live for that day!

" Computer Says 'No' " by Brian K. Raynor

Painted "Computer Says 'No" a few years back while watching "Little Britain" on DVD. My computer seems to say "no" anytime I need something quick OR at the end of the month when I need to meet a deadline.