Form in Flux Field (2019) Painting by Charles Riley

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  • Original Artwork Painting, Oil on Paper
  • Dimensions Height 18in, Width 24in
  • Framing This artwork is not framed
  • Categories Paintings under $1,000 Abstract
Oil Painting on linen finished oil paper. An expression of mystery and wonder. Thoughts noted below: The Mystery of Form In a Flux Field Passion begs elusive definition in form. Undulations bring respite in confidence. Direction of a familiar path suspends For a time in all that we do not know.[...]
Oil Painting on linen finished oil paper. An expression of mystery and wonder. Thoughts noted below:

The Mystery of Form
In a Flux Field

Passion begs elusive definition in form.
Undulations bring respite in confidence.
Direction of a familiar path suspends
For a time in all that we do not know.
On nothing substantial we suspend belief.
Waves join in acceptance of possibility,
Before perception decorates with dust
Of familiar uniforms to dress a window.

In the red flecked firing furnace,
Gold is refined in dark coexistent.
Waves speak in sparks of earliest time
Just noted as apparent in a linear cloud.
Time is forgotten or misappropriated
When we are consistently late
Having missed the start date.

What clouds the form but the artificial mind
To see us follow the line that intersects
At crossroads that narrow and vanish.
Cluttered with ironic suitcases of the ephemeral,
We can watch the mind and sift the contents.
The dusty expanse is polished of
Clouded memories of unrecoverable depths.

The delicate maneuver to unpack the dark
From within the material suitcase
Requires the blind patience of a sensitive touch
Without pretense of legal observance
By chapter and verse.

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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. 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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