Ray Shaw Wildlife Artist

07/01/2025

Our July Artist, Ray Shaw and Miriam’s Office Manager, Kathryn Benton!

You don’t want to miss this show (Tuesday, July 8th)

05/12/2025

Hello Sam,, Ray Shaw , wild life artist here.been a while, anyway Sam i have a few paintings of birds of prey that came back from an estate in Naples Fla. Collector past away, and had my paintings returned. I was thinking since I live here in the springs, my wife is a professor at the air force academy, I may like to try to make an attempt to sell my falcon art . I also have 9 thousand acres of property 1 and a half hours south off I -25 that's open falcon flying paradise if that's of any interest of the falconry community. My cell is 719 331-7810. Hope to hear from you.

The wind was blowing hard the day Sam Dollar took his hybrid gyrfalcon-prairie falcon Napoleon to the Panhandle of Oklahoma for a hunt. "We found some prairie chickens real early

03/27/2025

Is it time to care about life yet?

67 years ago, Laika was launched into space.

Laika, ′′Little Barker"" but her real name was Kudrjavka, Russian for ′′curly."" She was captured on the street, in Moscow.

Half Husky and half Terrier, she was around 3 years old at the time. She was chosen because she was calm, docile and perfectly adaptable to the Sputnik 2 capsule. Equipped for life support (food and water), the mission didn't involve return. For Laika, it was a death sentence.

The interior of the satellite was lined and the interior space was wide enough to allow Laika to lie or stand. The internal temperature was set to 15. and a refrigeration system had to protect the animal from excessive thermal surges.

On November 3rd at 2 AM, Sputnik 2 was launched into space. Laika probably survived for seven hours.

But some sources claim that agony was much longer: four days.

Alone, in space.

The satellite returned to atmosphere 5 months later, April 14, 1958, after turning 2.570 laps around Earth.

It disintegrated upon return to the atmosphere.

Every year, before Fall, I feel compelled to tell this story and possibly do it with new words. There's a deep guilt that all of us should feel reading what we did to Laika. Human progress has often been achieved at the expense of animals that had nothing to do with our desire for supremacy.

Many people believe this was an acceptable price for our conquests, but it seems obvious, even reading this story, that was really just a trivial form of prevarication.

We had a duty to choose another path.

We still have that duty today.

Sorry humanity has failed you, Laika 💔

02/28/2024

Here is a painting I am 3 fourths done with. I will post the end product in a few days. It's 53 × 40 inches.

06/02/2023

Goodmorning

05/31/2023

Ever been?

05/27/2019

Ray Shaw and Don Kohlbauer will be at the gallery at 64 for memorial day weekend.........so if you're driving by....stop and see some nice work.....

12/14/2018

Yes yes....get your 8"×10" today. ...signed by ray.....$25....its your todays special. .....just call 719 331 7810...

11/19/2018

Gallery at 64: Thanksgiving Week Specials
Monday & Friday: Free shipping in continental US
Tuesday: 1 wood panel for $40 (reg $45) and 2 wood panels for $75
Wednesday & Saturday: 25% off canvas prints
Thursday: 20"x30" Jewels of Color Pheasant print for $50

11/19/2018

We now have a wide variety of frames and sizes, many with double mats. They look great! We'll be running specials all week. Support locally owned businesses for the holidays! :)
Call Ray to order 719-331-7810

12/11/2017

Holiday greetings! There is still time to order some awesome wildlife art before Christmas. We have canvases (price based on size), 8 x 10 wood panels ($45) and greeting cards (packet of 5 for $20). All signed by the artist. Call Ray to order 719-331-7810. Lots of possible images to choose from: http://galleryat64.com/currently_available_images.html