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Artist’s work draws on Mayan culture
For Patricia Kay, going to see Mayan ruins with her husband, Ken Rayna, was more than a travel experience. The ancient temples hidden in the tropical forests of Mexico and Central America sparked a 12-year art project and a deeply personal spiritual journey.
“This has changed me for sure. I never saw it coming,” says Kay, a 57-year-old artist who lives in Galway.
“The Maya: An Artistic Homage,” her solo show at Fulton-Montgomery Community College, is a collection of 175 artworks inspired by Mayan culture. Posted on October 14, 2012.
Patricia Kay’s “Life & Death” clay sculptures, pictured above, were fired in a 55-gallon metal drum in the backyard of her home in Galway.
“Company Maya,” a group of male clay figures that were inspired by Toltec, Zapotec and Olmec artifacts.
Dozens of "Pretty Ladies," clay female figures inspired by Mayan art, are grouped together in a pyramid shape in the gallery.
Galway artist Patricia Kay poses with some of the 40 gumoil prints and 135 sculptural pieces in her exhibit, “The Maya: An Artistic Homage,” in the Perrella Gallery at Fulton-Montgomery Community College.
