Don Ray Osprey II Marble Carving

Updated September 5, 2026

Title is Osprey II. 18 1/2" by 5 1/2" by 13". 44lbs 11oz without base. Beak is chipped. Don Ray (1937-2006) Reared on a ranch near Clarendon, Texas, Ray focused on the subjects he grew up with. Working in bronze and oil, he concentrated his work on the landscape and historical events of the Panhandle-Plains region and on Civil War history. Ray studied at West Texas State University and with Olive Vandruff and later taught at West Texas State. He exhibited widely in the Southwest and with the Hudson Valley Art Association, White Plains, New York; Abercrombie and Fitch, New York; Mountain Oyster Club, Tucson; the Nita Stewart Haley Library, Midland, Texas; and the Panhandle-Plains Invitational Western Art Show and Sale. Ray's work can be found in numerous private and corporate collections as well as public collections in the Panhandle and the Haley Library; the George Phippen Museum of Western Art, Prescott, Arizona; and the National Ranching Heritage Center, Lubbock. His work has been featured in Persimmon Hill , Western Horseman, Southwest Art, and the Dallas Morning News's Scene. The artist was a long-time member and supporter of the Museum which held a Don Ray exhibition in 1987. Don Ray passed away on 27 September 2006.

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