When Dan Gray decided to paint the spectacle of people jumping into very cold water in a “Polar Bear” type of event on Vancouver Island, he didn’t suspect that it would offer him the opportunity to break new ground.
Lead Image: “Polar Bears 2016,” by Dan Gray, 2016, pastel, 18 x 24 in.
Gray may have painted the first plein air piece depicting a drone. The flying camera was hovering above the swimmers as he was painting, so Gray included it. “Sign of the times,” Gray says.
