Paul Riley - New Objet

7th - 30th October

We are very excited that the established still life painter Paul Riley is showing with the gallery for the first time. He is working on a stunning group of still life on monochromatic backgrounds. The success of the work lies in the beauty of calm and stillness expressed on the canvas, crossed with the visual intensity of the chosen object. Exquisite in execution, each subtle mark carries the weight of an intuitive understanding of the painting process. He himself likens the paintings to the fleeting, expectant silence prior to a particularly aggressive piece of music, like a heady moment suffused with anticipation and barely suppressed energy. Whatever the simile, they transcend the passivity of the object, and become intense, scintillating meditations in paint