About the Artist

 

Ray has been photographing professionally for over 20 years - in New York City and the Northeast, the Pacific Northwest and Canada,  Europe and Asia. 


On Vashon-Maury Island, his home in the Northwest, he is known for his Island landscapes captured in the magic of pre-dawn light and increasingly at night.


Ray’s photographs are used to support the preservation of Vashon’s natural areas and historic sites with such groups as Keepers of Point Robinson, Preserve Our Islands, Vashon-Maury Island Chapter of the Audubon Society, Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association, and Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust.


He has been part of the annual Holiday and Spring Vashon Arts Tours since 2001.  Ray is a member of the Waterworks Coop Gallery.

Educator   Photographer   Consultant

FINE ART PRINT SHOWS

Vashon

  1. •Barnworks Gallery

  2. •Blue Heron Gallery

  3. •Old Dockton Store Gallery

  4. •Silverwood Gallery

  1. •Hardware Store Gallery

  2. •Two Walls Gallery

  3. •Heron’s Nest

  4. •Vashon Community Care

  1. •Maritime Discovery Center

  2. •Museum of History and Industry

  3. •Pacific Northwest Art School

  4. •Photographic Center Northwest

  5. •Summer Song Gallery

  6. •Wave Hill

AWARDS AND HONORS

Contact Ray at raypfortner@gmail.com

Galleries

Latest Work

Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust

  1. •Emma Award, 2003, for a decade of contributions to Island conservation

Vashon Allied Arts

  1. •    Commissioned Artist, 2002, annual Garden Tour

  2. •    Commissioned Artist, 1998, one of five artists – the only photographer

Edmonds, Issaquah, New York City, Seattle, Tacoma, Whidbey Island

  1. •Art/Not Terminal Gallery

  2. •ArtsWest   

  3. •Bellevue College

  4. •Benham Gallery

  5. •Cascades Academy of Photography

  6. •Edmonds Community College