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Ray Burgoyne obituary
My father, Ray Burgoyne, who has died aged 80, was a painter, carpenter and musician. He first exhibited his paintings in the late 1980s, and spent the next 30 years organising countless exhibitions across the Essex and Suffolk coastline. Ray was self-taught and arrived in the art world with a seemingly fully realised, studied vision. The extensive body of work he produced mirrored the abstract ballad that was his life – romantic, unpredictable, filled with both childlike simplicity and dark complexity, featuring carnivalesque characters, forgotten landscapes, and painted in pure, deep colours. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Ray Burgoyne obituary, My father, Ray Burgoyne, who has died aged 80, was a painter, carpenter and musician. He first exhibited his paintings in the late 1980s, and spent the next 30 years organising countless exhibitions across the Essex and Suffolk coastline. Ray was self-taught and arrived in the art world with a seemingly fully realised, studied vision. The extensive body of work he produced mirrored the abstract ballad that was his life – romantic, unpredictable, filled with both childlike simplicity and dark complexity, featuring carnivalesque characters, forgotten landscapes, and painted in pure, deep colours. Continue reading…
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- Ray Burgoyne obituaryThe Guardian - 2026-05-10T16:33:37+00:00
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