Hillery Lay

contemporary rural painting

Satellites

October 14, 2021

A series about exploring plus an art show

My Forest-Part two, the canvases

July 14, 2020

My new paintings

Mega mud colors

May 20, 2019

Explaining my love of mixing muddy paint colors

Reoccurring Subjects: Chainsaw Guy

February 5, 2019

Learn how Chainsaw Guy became a reoccurring symbol in my paintings

A month of beer at the Royal Artisan

October 23, 2018

How I made new paintings by digging in my past

I’m Hillery Lay a mixed media artist living in Eastern Oregon. I use a variety of mediums, spaces, and symbol markers to add depth to my painting practice. I create artwork rooted in my place and my people. Blending nature with human figures and abs… — I’m Hillery Lay a mixed media artist living in Eastern Oregon. I use a variety of mediums, spaces, and symbol markers to add depth to my painting practice. I create artwork rooted in my place and my people. Blending nature with human figures and abstracting both elements allows me to tell the story of my contemporary rural life.

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Not a bad English assignment: my creative response to Karen Russell’s “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves”

Finding the most perfect phone-holding-stump ever seen in the forest ☔️ 🌲

My line up for this year’s @xrds.art.center open show. Framing by @royal._.artisan It’s always a great show because SO many different types of artists enter such different works of art. Show opens this Friday! #easternoregonartist #studiodog #coastal #firstfridaybakercity #sixthofthemonth

Don’t forget the beach is cool #coastal

Good morning friends #coastal