Mansaray Blue-Pony

Art as my religion: it has always been there for me, it never lets me down, is my comfort and my driving passion. My current style of painting, as nearly as I can decipher it, is about letting go. About not being afraid to make a mess. About faith that it will yield something meaningful and good. The southwest desert of our continent is emerging in my work after almost thirty years of living here.

Born in 1958 in Pocatello, Idaho, I moved just before my junior year in high-school to live with relatives in Idaho Falls. This following a chaotic and difficult childhood and adolescence. In 1984 I relocated to Tempe, Arizona by virtue of auditioning for a synthesizer band looking for a vocalist. I\'ve traveled to Europe and Asia. I finished a B.A. in French in 2003; also studied Russian and Arabic languages. I\'ve worked as a cook, a teacher, done construction work..you name it, I\'ve done everything. Almost.