Blind Man with Yellow Piano and Poetry (2000) Digital Arts by Charles Riley

Fine art paper, 11x8 in

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  • This work is an "Open Edition" Digital Arts, Giclée Print / Digital Print
  • Dimensions Several sizes available
  • Several supports available (Fine art paper, Metal Print, Canvas Print)
  • Framing Framing available (Floating Frame + Under Glass, Frame + Under Acrylic Glass)
  • Categories Expressionism
This print uses a photo of a painting as a background to a poem which reflects on the painting, the art process and aspects of our time. The painting and print with poem are a reflection on the human condition, the blues, time and space. As part of the art process, the painting was shot with a shotgun blast of bird shot and slashed with a knife. Subsequent [...]
This print uses a photo of a painting as a background to a poem which reflects on the painting, the art process and aspects of our time. The painting and print with poem are a reflection on the human condition, the blues, time and space. As part of the art process, the painting was shot with a shotgun blast of bird shot and slashed with a knife. Subsequent repairs to the painting resulted in a painting with additional dimensions. The poem deepens these dimensions with a story, which is a story of our time featuring a social media critic who, at a loss for words, blasts the artwork with a shotgun and for good measure stabs it resulting in improvement through the resilience of the art process. According to communications theory, older media such as painting and writing can act as a healing balance to overheated new media. The intuitive open minded process I use leads many places and vibrates a long musical string. In Adobe Photoshop I added the story to a picture of the original painting. The print is available as a high quality print in a variety of sizes. The story/poem is below:

This painting suffered an
unfortunate shotgun blast
and puncture wound by a
whimsical art critic. How
he managed to do this
from a particularly vi-
tuperative social media
website I am amazed.
However, with the ever
increasing pace of progress
I am not completely sur-
prised. Without the least
offense taken, I incorporated
the criticism as part of the
natural life of the painting. I
believe this adds some of
the rough and unexpected
circumstances we must
face and work with
without hiding in self-pity
or exaggerating our own
self-worth by railing at the
injustice of life. In the end, the
painting emerged as a better
painting for the criticism.
The gunshot wound to the
buttocks forced me to re-
think the healing process
and the scars left behind,
while the puncture wound
to the sky reinforced my
understanding of a growing
resentment of space and time
not paying enough attention
to our complaints about being
stuck wherever we are in
congested motor ways.

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At an early age I learned about art from an aunt who was an established artist. My father taught me a love of literature. My B.A. was in English Lit. My graduate degrees from Columbia University were in studio [...]

At an early age I learned about art from an aunt who was an established artist. My father taught me a love of literature. My B.A. was in English Lit. My graduate degrees from Columbia University were in studio art and teaching of college studio art. 

 As part of my studies at Columbia, I studied communication theory under Louis Forsdale. As a result, I learned how important the primal mediums of painting, poetry, and drawing were to ballance the deluge of electronic media. 

I had exhibitions in New York City during and after my grad work at Columbia. These included: The Macy Gallery at Columbia; Hudson Valley '85 National Exhibition Juried by Barbara Haskell, Curator of the Whitney Museum; Ariel Gallery in NYC; The Emerging Collector in NYC; Eighth Annual Exhibition of Emerging Artists at the Bronx Museum of the Arts; and In Search of the American Experience by The Museum of the National Arts Foundation. There were also reviews in The New York Times, ArtSpeak (a Gallery Review), and the Bronx News.

More recently, I show my work online at charlesrileyart, exhibit in shows at the Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts in Fredericksburg, VA. From 2012 through 2013 I displayed my artwork at Art First in Fredericksburg VA. Fredericksburg and Art First are very magical places if you ever get a chance to visit.

My artwork includes painting, mixed media, photography, and computer art, as well as a synthesis of the media. The work is expressionistic and it reflects what it is to be human. My writing, which I combine with the artwork, also reflects the human condition. The artwork is also a means to balance mundane conditioning that distracts us from the unconditioned creativity of the universe. My artwork is fed by relationships and other pursuits and studies such as Tai Chi, Taoism, Literature, Music, Media, and Art.

I studied Tai Chi with Master Da Liu in the 80's at Columbia University and I've been practicing and teaching since. I'm now teaching at two community centers in the Fredericksburg, VA area.

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