JUMP again - A Forum for New World Culture. A blog by Ray Grist

Triptych for a Black Church, Acrylic on canvas, 1965, 15 x 36 x 30 in



REGINALD GAMMON 1921 - 2005

Mr. Gammon said, “My work is about the human condition, using the figure as metaphor to illuminate the varied aspects of man’s activities and many faces of the participants.

I have particularly chosen to paint black people for reasons that are both personal and historical, since their representation has either been ignored or maligned for the general public’s entertainment. A number of us Black artists are trying to set the record straight. Besides the fact that the art of African Americans generally dominates the American scene and have been long accepted by the international word by its vivacity and universal appeal.”


Self Portrait, Oil on canvas, 1960

Young Man With a Glass – Raymond Grist,
Oil on canvas, 1960

JUMP again - A Forum for New World Culture. A blog by Ray Grist

JUMP again - A Forum for New World Culture. A blog by Ray Grist

JUMP again - A Forum for New World Culture. A blog by Ray Grist

JUMP again - A Forum for New World Culture. A blog by Ray Grist

An un-masking of the perceptual possibilities of the face.
Four works by Ray Grist

Face 1, oil on canvas, 11 3/4" x 9 5/8", 1995
Face 2, oil on canvas, 10" x 12", 1995


















Face 3, oil on canvas, 10" x 13", 1995
Face 4, oil and sand on canvas, 8" x 10", 1995

JUMP again - A Forum for New World Culture. A blog by Ray Grist.

Cá nao sei nada
Como um rapaz aprende
Vida com forca


Mindlessness Being
Crossing into open space
On the other side


2. The Path to the Beach, 11 1/2 9 7/8 inches,
1977 - 1979






Queres dizer
Amanha em Portugues
O tempo pasa


Watching by myself
Bird sounds mix with moving leaves
Wind blown loud whistle

3. Little Forest, 7 3/4 X 5 3/4 inches,
1977 - 1979

JUMP again - A Forum for New World Culture. A blog by Ray Grist.

From 1977 until 1979, while living in Charneca da Caparica, Portugal, I created a portfolio of lino cuts. I did these lino cuts as morning and evening meditations. Along with the prints I wrote a series of Haiku poetry, in both English and Portuguese. The portfolio contains 6 lino cuts and 11 Haiku, 5 in Portuguese and 6 in English. The Portuguese Haiku are not translations of the English.

The portfolio is titled "Thoughts On A Passage."

On occasion, I will reproduce these prints and Haiku in the blog.

Ray Grist








Esperando já
Por que espero, nao sei
Como as ávores

What is important
Places, things, remain behind
Thoughts on a passage

1. The Studio, lino cut, 5 7/8 x
7 7/8 inches, 1977 - 1979.