Official Ray Troll T-Shirts. The Best in Fishy Fashion.| Troll Art
Information and history of Ray Troll's involvement in music over the years including the Ratfish Wranglers.| Troll Art
You are probably familiar with Ray Troll’s shirts. His most well-known designs like “Return of the Sockeye” and “Spawn Till You Die” have graced the chests of movie stars and rockstars, not to mention thousands of Alaskans.| Troll Art
In 2021 a Russian film crew came to Ketchikan and filmed me working in the studio and wandering about our little seaside town. The director & producer was the amazingly talented Liza Goroshnikova and her husband Vladimir. It’s called Alaska: Eight Love Notes. You can check it out at https://lizacreates.com/portfolio/alaskamasterdigitalnologoengtitles01 I show up at about […] The post My Russian TV Debut appeared first on Troll Art.| Troll Art
Halcyon Daze of the ‘Borg: A Photographic Memoir by Ray Troll The small town of Lindsborg, Kansas is known as ‘Little Sweden USA’. It’s also the home of Bethany College where I went to art school and earned a Bachelor’s degree in 1977. After earning my MFA at Washington State University I returned there to […] The post Halcyon Daze of the ‘Borg: the Photos appeared first on Troll Art.| Troll Art
My buddy Hall Anderson shot this video of yours truly wandering around my yard and then out to my studio. Tim Kennney at the Burke Museum edited it as a promo for my ‘Cruisin’ the Fossil Coastline’ exhibit The post Studio Tour! appeared first on Troll Art.| Troll Art
Back in 1980 I was in an art-punk-new-wave band with my graduate school professors Jim and Jo Hockenhull along with fellow MFA student Charlie Nathan. We called ourselves Zuzu. Who or what was Zuzu? I can’t really say, it just sounded like a good band name. Jim and I wrote the tunes, mostly songs about […] The post Long live Zuzu! appeared first on Troll Art.| Troll Art
I had the privilege of working with a talented young director named Colin Arisman and producer Elsa Sebastian on a short film called ‘Salmonscape’, about the extraordinary place I’m lucky enough to live in. You can watch it right here : The post Salmonscape: Voices for the Tongass film appeared first on Troll Art.| Troll Art
I’ve had the privilege of being the “un-o-fishal” Salmonstock/Salmonfest artist from its inception in 2011 all the way til 2020. Right from the start my artist pal Memo Jauregui has been absolutely essential in making that art happen. He’s been a fabulous collaborator all along. Here are some highlights and snapshots from our adventures together. […] The post Salmonstock and Salmonfest Photos over the years… appeared first on Troll Art.| Troll Art
Back in late 2010 a number of activists came together to try to stop the Pebble Mine, a massive open-pit gold and copper mine proposed for Alaska’s pristine Bristol Bay area, home of the world’s largest sockeye salmon run. I was a part of the initial group that proposed a rock and roll music festival […] The post Salmonstock and Salmonfest Art since 2011 appeared first on Troll Art.| Troll Art
Alaska artist Ray Troll tackles landscapes and wildlife in the boundless AK wilderness. By Jan Mercker for Artistic Fuel : www.artisticfuel.com The wild, wonderful world of Alaska artist Ray Troll feels like fantasy. But his work captures scientifically accurate images of real-life creatures–prehistoric and contemporary . For four decades, Troll has honed in on the […] The post A fun article about Ray’s work on “Artistic Fuel” appeared first on Troll Art.| Troll Art
On June 20, 2020 I participated in a very fun, live zoom “webinar” with my paleobotanist pal Dr. Kirk Johnson, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History along with our host, the inimitable Maggie Benson. On this webinar we discuss our 26 years of collaboration including our two books, two exhibits and many […] The post Smithsonian Webinar with Kirk Johnson appeared first on Troll Art.| Troll Art
Alex Trokey, host of the Alaska Show podcast, sits down with Ray Troll, Ketchikan-based artist, to discuss how Alaska’s fishing industry inspired him to build a t-shirt empire that would ship millions of shirts worldwide and adorn the chests of rockstars and actors, the business of art, the founding of Salmonfest, the ongoing fight against […]| Troll Art
The official site for all things Ray Troll. Art, science, music, news and official Ray Troll t-shirts, books, posters and original art.| Troll Art
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_cta h2=”STORE ANNOUNCMENT” shape=”square” add_icon=”top” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-store-alt” i_color=”sandy_brown” i_background_style=”rounded”] It’s true, after 31 years the Soho Coho has closed. The good news is that we will still continue to run the Ray Troll Web Store out of our hometown in Ketchikan, Alaska. The other good news is Star Gallery, which will be moving into the […]| Troll Art