Ray Hadaway





Ray Hadaway is a modern Texas Bohemian and self-taught contemporary folk expressionist whose work fuses Fauvist color freedom with West Texas ranch life, cowgirl subjects, and rural Americana.



Rooted in the tradition of free-thinking creatives who live by vision rather than rules, Hadaway discovered true artistic freedom the moment he encountered Fauvism. Those original “wild beasts” who unleashed color without apology changed everything: he stopped painting what things looked like and started painting what they felt like—bright, fearless, and straight from the gut. His mixed-media practice (which he calls Bohème Sauvage) layers thick textures, intuitive movement, and vibrating color into spontaneous, lived-in images of cowgirls and cowboys, herds, mesas, and the big skies of places like Marfa, Big Bend, Terlingua, and the wider Texas landscape.



Light-hearted yet soulful, his portraits and scenes reimagine ranching culture and western subjects with bold marks, emotional instinct, and an unfiltered creative pulse that values authenticity over approval. In a world that often demands structure, Ray chooses soul.



He’s essentially:



A Fauvist-inspired painter of cowgirl and cowboy life

A Texas Bohemian working from the Hill Country to West Texas

A contemporary folk expressionist of rural Americana reimagined through bold color and emotional instinct

An artist whose work feels spontaneous, lived-in, and alive

Ray sells directly through his Instagram handle Hadaway_art, Get Lucky Gallery and Commerce Gallery in Lockhart, Texas, and other venues.

For inquiries, contact him at Hadawayart@gmail.com or DM on Instagram.




Portfolio:

Ray Hadaway-Boheme Sauvage

Houston-born, self-taught mixed-media artist Ray Hadaway creates contemporary folk expressionism, contemporary folk fusion, and folk modern fusion with bold Fauvist color, abstract cowboy and cowgirl portraits, western art, ranching scenes, longhorns, herds, jackrabbits, rural Americana, Texas landscapes, mesas, and the reimagined West. Working from studios in Round Top, Fredericksburg, and Marfa, Texas, this contemporary American artist makes original handmade acrylic and mixed-media artworks with thick textures, vibrant color, light-hearted energy, and a distinct Texas twist.

Pocket Buffalos “Pocket Buffalos”

SOLD OUT -part of Ray Hadaway's Spaghetti Western series.

Scene and Herd Show “Scene and Herd Show”

Second solo show at Vaudville, in Fredricksburg, Texas - SOLD OUT show.

Spaghetti Western Art “Spaghetti Western Art ”

SOLD OUT- Ray Hadaway's Spaghetti Western Art show in Round Top, Texas. Cowboy Art. Western Art.

Boots “Boots”

Cowboy and Boots- SOLD OUT

Commerce Gallery “Commerce Gallery”

Meredith at Ray's SOLD OUT show Commerce Gallery, Lockhart, Texas.

Vaudville-Sold Out Show “Vaudville-Sold Out Show”

Ray his wife and daughter at sold out show Vaudville Gallery.

In The Garden “In The Garden”

Ray's art studio-In The Garden-SOLD OUT

Owen “Owen”

Part of the Spaghetti Western series Owen- SOLD OUT

Lapins “Lapins”

SOLD OUT Inspired by the Copper Bunny cocktail from Compere Lapin in the Warehouse District at the Old No. 77 Hotel on Tchoupitoulas Street in the French Quarter proper.

Artist Ray Hadaway “Artist Ray Hadaway”

Vaudville Show - Sold Out

Boot Ranch “Boot Ranch”

Ray Hadaway painting Boot Ranch-Sold Out

Pasture Ornaments “Pasture Ornaments ”

48x60 Marfa, Texas Studio series

Pasture Ornaments & Ray “Pasture Ornaments & Ray”

Ray behind JUDD art studio in Marfa, Texas. Part of Ray's Marfa, Texas art studio series.

Crowns and Roses “Crowns and Roses”

available 36x36

Twins “Twins”

Mixed Media 36x 48 Made with Love in Marfa, Texas.

Pink Crown “Pink Crown”

DM for information

Ultimate Critic “Ultimate Critic”

Ray's wife Meredith his endless muse and inspiration for picking up the paintbrush again at sold out show in the Commerce Gallery.

Tag #3 “Tag #3”

Sold Out Show - Austin Art Fare & Commerce Gallery.

Mirage “Mirage”

Ray and Mirage - sunset in Marfa, Texas- 36x36 from his Marfa, Texas studio, SOLD OUT

Artist Ray Hadaway “Artist Ray Hadaway”

Artist Ray Hadaway, wife Meredith and Artist Kyle Steed @ Eberly in Austin, Texas 615 South Lamar Boulevard. Artists in the Atrium. The historic bar from New York City's Greenwich Village, where artists including Jackson Pollock, William de Kooning, Bob Dylan, and Jack Kerouac drank. Ray, Kyle and Meredith give a toast.

Eberly Restaurant in Austin, Texas “Eberly Restaurant in Austin, Texas”

Ray Hadaway & Kyle Steed show "Artist in the Atrium" at the historic bar that was formerly in the Cedar Tavern bar in New York, now at Eberly in Austin, Texas.

SunFlowers “SunFlowers”

SOLD OUT - Sun Flowers framed and be packed up for shipping.

Papillon “Papillon”

36x48 Sold Out