Michael Ray Charles is a contemporary American painter ... I’m trying to deal with present and past stereotypes in the context of today’s society,” the artist has said. Born in Lafayette, LA in 1967, ...

And that's so much of what makes Michael Ray Charles an invaluable artist for this country in this time. He makes us look. He leads us to the hard questions and makes us ask ourselves who we truly ...

Michael Ray Charles – you may remember him as a professor in the University of Texas art department for a couple of decades – has been considering the crutch quite a lot lately. It's the ...

The Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum is on a roll. It just wrapped up the first-ever Austin solo show for bone fide Texas titan James Surls. The cultural center named for the late Austin ...

Michael Ray Charles is a contemporary American painter ... I’m trying to deal with present and past stereotypes in the context of today’s society,” the artist has said. Born in Lafayette, LA in 1967, ...

In that sense I’m a political artist. But I’ve never said I’m angry. And I’m not.” Offered in a soft monotone, this is as close to insisting on a point as Michael Ray Charles ever gets.