Cherry Coal Mine model built by Ray Tutaj seen here in a evening shot
My Model of the Cherry Coal Mine which is on permanent display at the Cherry IL Library
Ray with electri guitar 1994
Ray Tutaj with Guitar 2010
Ray and Kevin Tutaj in 1976
Rockin out in Las Vegas at the CLub Rock joint
Brother Kevin on Drums
The Guitar Journey Music book I created
Rocking out at Club Rock Las Vegas in 1992
A band my brother Kevin and I were in from 1989-1994
Ray Tutaj Jr
Ray Tutaj Jr
Kevin and Ray Tutaj Jr
Promo for Song for America
Ray with his Classical Guitar in 2015
Ray with classical guitar in 1988 at UNLV where he attended music classes.
Muriel Anderson and Ray Tutaj Jr.
My Fingerpicking book
A cut-out of an image I took of a freind superimposed onto one of my paintings.
Ray's painting of a scene from a movie: Once Upon a Time in the West. The actual scene is from Monument Valley
I like vast wide open places with big sky. makes me think.
A great trip to the Navajo Indian Rez.
See the 1817 watermark? It was from Beethoven's Grand Septour, and I did not realize I had only 1 of 6 copies in the world and the only one in the USA. I sold it to San Jose State University for $1,000.
My Dad's 8mm film projector and some smoke from a friends e-cig brought this idea to life.