{"id":20529,"date":"2021-09-24T17:39:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T21:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=20529"},"modified":"2021-09-24T17:39:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T21:39:45","slug":"josh-gray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2021\/09\/24\/josh-gray\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Gray’s ‘Fantastical Menagerie’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe number-one thing people say about people\u2019s art is it makes them feel happy,\u201d Arla Foster told the Bennington Banner<\/a> about her son Josh Gray. \u201cThat is his purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJosh\u2019s Fantastical Menagerie\u201d at Left Bank Gallery <\/a>in North Bennington, Vermont, presents 127 of his watercolor pen drawings from Sept. 1 to 30. “Gray is a 49 year old Down Syndrome person who appreciates life in every moment, spreading smiles, love, and hugs wherever he goes. His passions include music and dancing, food, family and friends, hiking and biking, animals and nature. Josh likes making art because ‘it makes people feel happy,'” according to the gallery. He was born and grew up in Bennington, and now resides on Amelia Island, Florida.<\/p>\n

“When asked where he gets his ideas from,” the Bennington Banner reports<\/a>, “Josh gestures to a book of animals on a table at Left Bank Gallery, where he and his mother have been meeting gallery visitors a few days each week. Arla said he also looks at pictures of animals from the internet, and gets inspired by visits to the zoo. ‘I like to draw monkeys. I like to draw cows. I like to draw birds, horses, pigs,’ Josh said. His mother added, ‘Josh loves animals, don\u2019t you? Any kind of animal. I mean, there are so many animals. He\u2019ll probably never draw them all. Themes get repeated. He\u2019s done quite a few owls and quite a few cats and a bunch of different birds.'”<\/p>\n

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Josh Gray’s watercolor pen drawing from “Josh’s Fantastical Menagerie” at Left Bank Gallery, North Bennington, Vermont, 2021. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Josh Gray’s watercolor pen drawing from “Josh’s Fantastical Menagerie” at Left Bank Gallery, North Bennington, Vermont, 2021. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Josh Gray’s watercolor pen drawing from “Josh’s Fantastical Menagerie” at Left Bank Gallery, North Bennington, Vermont, 2021. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Josh Gray’s watercolor pen drawing from “Josh’s Fantastical Menagerie” at Left Bank Gallery, North Bennington, Vermont, 2021. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Josh Gray’s watercolor pen drawing from “Josh’s Fantastical Menagerie” at Left Bank Gallery, North Bennington, Vermont, 2021. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Josh Gray’s watercolor pen drawing from “Josh’s Fantastical Menagerie” at Left Bank Gallery, North Bennington, Vermont, 2021. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Josh Gray’s watercolor pen drawing from “Josh’s Fantastical Menagerie” at Left Bank Gallery, North Bennington, Vermont, 2021. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Josh Gray’s watercolor pen drawing from “Josh’s Fantastical Menagerie” at Left Bank Gallery, North Bennington, Vermont, 2021. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Josh Gray’s watercolor pen drawing from “Josh’s Fantastical Menagerie” at Left Bank Gallery, North Bennington, Vermont, 2021. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Josh Gray’s watercolor pen drawing from “Josh’s Fantastical Menagerie” at Left Bank Gallery, North Bennington, Vermont, 2021. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Josh Gray’s watercolor pen drawing from “Josh’s Fantastical Menagerie” at Left Bank Gallery, North Bennington, Vermont, 2021. (Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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