Charles Riley

Building Bridges Exhibit at Macy Art Gallery, Teachers College of Columbia University

Macy Art GAllery, West 120th Street, New York, NY, USA

online at See Not See | Celebrating Bridges | Exploration (macyartgallery.com) 

Expressionistic, poetic video of digital artwork.

animated video of digital painting.

Story of art critic shooting and stabbing painting followed by video of painting.

Poem and Video of artwork.

Acrylic, marble dust, toys, computer parts applied to canvas for September 11 Meditation.
I lived in NYC for 15 years not far from the trade towers in The West Village and Chelsea. Got married. Moved to the Bronx; then Fredericksburg, Virginia. Was working in DC when 9/11 and the slaughter of innocents occurred. My brother-in-law was doing business in a building next to one of the trade towers when the planes hit. He had to walk home to Brooklyn in raining ash. It's a sad human trait that we can find pride in the demonization and destruction of innocent people. What a horrifying thought that many people can rationalize hate filled destruction. I thought it appropriate to use a toy airplane because the hijackers reminded me of children in a tantrum. They saw people as insignificant and small, like shadows of real people, targets of their impotent lashing out like childish bullies. Communication equipment, what connects, was destroyed and meaningless without human connection. Marble dust is a monument to death, white and cold and empty with the sense of loss.

I learned Tai Chi from Master Da Liu in the 80's and have been practicing and teaching since then.

Chi Kung and Tai Chi. See middle left window to start.

Chi Kung and Tai Chi

Chi Kong and Tai Chi Form

Bronx News review of show at Bronx Museum

ArtSpeak

New York Times Review

Museum of the National Arts Special Mention

Conceptual, expressionistic work on myth, superstition, and wonder at nature.

Conceptual expressionistic work on science and unintended consequences.

Conceptual Expressionistic work on media and culture.

States of Consciousness

Art First Gallery 824 Caroline Street Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401 Phone - 540.371.7107

With my artwork, I explore where experience, literature and art merge. My artwork is about exploration, expression, creative freedom, growth, and the search for meaning and balance. Through a variety of media, I seek a balance between the mechanics of technology, nature, and what it is to be human. The expressive artwork combines literary and visual treasure from Eastern and Western Culture in a very human experience.

My Art Gallery, Art First

824 Caroline St., Fredericksbuirg, VA 22401

Join us in Fredericksburg, Virginia, a center for art, music, food, antiques, and history. Serving the art community since 1992, we're located in the center of the historic old town on the fall line of the beautiful Rappahannock River. We are conveniently located between Washington, D.C., Richmond, Charlottesville, and Williamsburg. You can google us or go to http://www.artfirstgallery.com

My Gallery, Art First