Orpheus Plays The Underground (2021) Painting by Charles Riley
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Painting,
Oil
on Canvas
- Dimensions Height 20in, Width 24in
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Paintings under $5,000 Expressionism Science fiction
After all these centuries, he didn’t give up on the creation of a transcendent sound that releases Eurydice from the dark curtain of the underworld. Even if his adaptation of another instrument to replace the lyre was successful, he, being the part human that he was, couldn’t resist looking back to behold her beauty so long denied. As was the inevitable consequence, just as she was about to be freed to the light of the living, she was drawn beyond the reach of man.
Was Orpheus a selfish fool? I think not. What human could resist for long the wish to behold the beauty we have all been searching for.
Regrettably, as is the fate of many a successful musician, Orpheus was dismembered by unhinged groupies. It is said that it was in fact a blessing for poor Orpheus, who happily walks hand in hand with Eurydice in the underworld. Perhaps this explains the reluctance of anyone to return from a place we are so determined to avoid.
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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 art and teaching of college studio art. 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.
- Nationality: UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1949
- Artistic domains: Works by artists with a certified artist value,
- Groups: Certified Artists Contemporary American Artists