Gypsy Ray (1949-2020)

Gypsy Ray, an artist originally from the USA, lived and worked in County Kilkenny for over 20 years and was a generous and respected teacher.

From her 2015 exhibition at the Butler Gallery Gypsy Ray pulls the lens in close on a group of Kilkenny-based traveller children tenderly photographed with their cherished horses and dogs. In Brothers, 2010, Ray elegantly reveals the kinship of two boys’ on horseback cast against a big open summer sky. It is a poignant work that tells us a lot about the boys, even as their faces are turned away from the camera.