West Oakland, the Freeway and the Wardrobe
Inna Jane Ray (1949-2020) was a poet who drew, a painter who made photographs, and student of feminist theology with California as her muse and her subject. Inna retired to the Eastern Sierra in 2010 living in campgrounds. She wrote, “I came back to life in January…It felt like the lights came back on. I cannot be an abstract painter, nor a painter of inner visions or symbols. The figure stands in nature, in trees, in landforms, bodies – the body of the world.” Later she noted, “I have been painting a patch of light on blowing oat grass in a photo from Point Pinole circa 1990. I used to think I took too many pictures of this, now I think I didn’t take enough.” Inna’s paintings are held by the Escalette Permanent Collection of Art at Chapman University. https://www.innajaneray.com
See more of Inna's work in 13.3 and 13.3