Painting the Stories of Life
Meet Raymond A. Simon of Youngstown, Ohio. He is nationally recognized for his paintings that tell a compelling story and capture moments in time.
Nationally known for his works that are part of The Pro Football Hall of Fame, The National Hockey League, The National Football League, The Department of Defense, and many more.
His work has been featured in Newsweek, Time, AP, ABC, CNN, CBS, NBC, The Today Show, and A&E.
Works of Ray Simon have been on display in The White House, The Pentagon, Ft. Knox, Ft. Benning, Ft. Bragg, Ft. Hood, The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Museum, The George Washington Presidential Library Museum and many private owner’s homes and corporate offices throughout the country.
Raymond A. Simon is a contemporary American artist working in the tradition of the great European allegorical painters. Masters such as Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Pieter Bruegel, and Peter Paul Rubens worked on a grand scale and for popular audiences. Today their works are rarified treasures beyond price. But in their days these masterworks were primarily ways to teach ordinary folks—visual texts to educate people often unable to read for themselves. Many of his paintings are accompanies with an audio file, ultimately becoming and educational exhibit,
Simon’s audiences of course are highly literate, and have more access to books than did the people who four hundred years ago stood before huge wall or ceiling- covering paintings recalling biblical, classical, and political stories. For Simon, paintings are not substitutes for reading. Quite the opposite—they become an exhortation to read more, learn more, do more and become more—they invite the viewer to dive deep and learn all you can, and that way enhance your own understanding of his subjects, American history, and of our nation.
Ray has joined forces with companies throughout the country to gift over 5,000 personalized framed prints to men, women, and families who lost a loved one in the ongoing fight in the Middle East.
We are excited about Ray’s latest painting ‘The Awakening: The Best is Yet to Come’ which captures the spirit and legacy of our 45th president.
