Ray Troll

Ray Troll is a Ketchikan, Alaska-based artist.[1]

Troll attended high school in Witchita, Kansas.[2] He has a bachelors degree in printmaking and a MFA degree in printmaking in drawing[1] from Washington State University.[3] He came to Alaska in 1983 at age 29.[2] He is a guitar player and vocalist in the Ketchikan band called The Ratfish Wranglers.[1] His arguably most prominent and controversial work is titled SPAWN TILL YOU DIE.[4] The design has been printed onto hoodies and is very popular with the citizens of Ketchikan and Southeast Alaska.

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References

  1. ^ a b c Woolsey, Robert (12 November 2010). "Troll's latest book has 'just the funny stuff'" (in English). Raven Radio, KCAW (Sitka). http://kcaw.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=centerBlock&ID=1008. Retrieved 12 November 2010. 
  2. ^ a b "Ray Troll: A story of fish, fossils, and funky art" (in English). Washington State Magazine. Spring 2007. http://wsm.wsu.edu/s/index.php?id=618. Retrieved 12 November 2010. 
  3. ^ Lyke, M.L. (22 October 1991). "Artist Ray Troll's Creations Are Filled To The Gills" (in English). Seattle Post Intelligencer (Seattle). http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1991/9110220097.asp. Retrieved 12 November 2010. 
  4. ^ Open Thread – "Spawn Till You Die.", The Mudflat Forum

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