BILLY RAY MANGHAM HAS BEEN WORKING IN CLAY FOR 30 YEARS.  HE RECEIVED A B.A. IN CERAMICS FROM SAN JOSE STATE U. IN SAN JOSE, CA, AND A M.A. AND M.F.A. FROM STEPHEN F. AUSTIN UNIV. IN NACOGDOCHES, TX.  AFTER TEACHING FOR THE AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART AND AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN AUSTIN, TX FOR TEN YEARS, HE PURCHASED LAND AND BEGAN TO BUILD HIS HOUSE AND STUDIO NEAR SAN MARCOS IN 1989.  HE AND BEVERLY WERE MARRIED IN 1990.  "MY WORK CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON THE RAKU PROCESS.  THE COLORS AND THE INTERACTION WITH THE FIRE NEVER CEASE TO PULL ME FORWARD.  AT PRESENT I AM WORKING  ON LARGE SCULPTURES USING TECHNIQUES I LEARNED WHILE IN A MONTH LONG SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM IN PANAVEZYS, LITHUANIA WITH AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF ARTISTS.  PICTURES OF THIS WORK WILL BE COMING SOON.

MAN WITH HAT - JULY 2009

THE CONDUCTOR - JULY 2009
THESE TWO SCULPTURES CAME AFTER THE "REAL PEOPLE" SERIES I MADE FOR THE SAN ANGELO FINE ARTS MUSEUM IN APRIL 2009.  TO SEE THE 23 SCULPTURES IN THAT SERIES, GO TO www.eyeofthedogartcenter.com.
   
   
BIG MEAT AT OJO DEL PERRO
BIG MEAT IN MEMPHIS


BIG MEAT IN MISSISSIPPI
 LITHUANIA, AUGUST, 2006


 


BOOTH AT CLAYFEST, 


 


THESE TWO PIECES WERE FIRED IN AN ANAGAMA KILN IN LITHUANIA IN 2006.



MY GOOD FRIENDS RIMAS VISGIRDAS AND JOHN WILLIAMS

AT TEXAS CLAY FESTIVAL. OCTOBER, 2006


SMOKIN BUNNY W/

DEVIL DOLL

 MR. HAPPY W/DEVIL WILD CHILD




STALIN PARK

AN "AMUSEMENT" PARK IN LITHUANIA

ROMAS, RIMAS, NAUGAS, AND BILLY RAY

 

 

AT "EUROPA SCULPTURE PARK"

  

MY BUDDY
   
     


BILLY RAY AND RIMAS IN PANAVEZYS

TWO DOGS AT CLAY FEST

BILLY RAY AND RIMAS WITH A FEW OF

THEIR MANY LITHUANIAN FANS AT THE

SYMPOSIUM OPENING,  AUGUST, 2006

RELAXING WITH AN "UTENOS" ALUS ON THE

BEACH IN NIDA, LITHUANIA, AUGUST 2006