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Adele Riley
Sky Dance with Acrylic and Acrylic Inks, Painting by Adele Riley

2010

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Sky Dance By Adele Riley [2021] Sky Dance is an impressionistic, semi-abstract painting of the incredible Murmurations of starlings. Adele has been fascinated with this mesmerising spectacle and has created a series of Tondo works, depicting this wonderful acrobatic display that appears in our sky’s every year. Though this painting is full of drama, it has a simple delicacy and rhythm to it, as the movement of the birds dance across the painting. Additional information: Original Acrylic and acrylic inks on treated tondo birch panel Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:50 cm x D:5cm Frame Size: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:8cm Sold Framed Signed by Artist Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Adele Riley, painter and illustrator, is available for sale online and in our art gallery at Wychwood Art. Adele Riley as a British-born artist living in Gloucestershire, I'm surrounded by some of the most natural and inspiring surroundings in the UK, well-placed to benefit from a huge variety of light, texture, and drama – perfect for what I do. I usually begin by sensing the subject, sometimes using a photo or a sketch to extract weather, light, horizons and shapes to commit the scene to canvas with a variety of media and paint. What I fear most is repetition, so I experiment a lot with media and colour, asking questions of the fresh and the new, trying things out (getting things wrong), but all the time learning and looking to improve. Having studied Illustration at Epsom School of Art, I have always continued to learn and develop from my experiences and travels. Not having a formal arts grounding I found to be a positive thing, as I could appreciate painting by it’s many disciplines. I learned more by challenging the rules of fine art, as well as applying them. It helped drive my enthusiasm until I arrived at a style of painting that represents me as an artist. In addition to painting, I teach art to adults and children both through my business based in Gloucester, and in surrounding local schools.
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    2010
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    Height: 23.63 in (60 cm)Width: 23.63 in (60 cm)Depth: 3.15 in (8 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Deddington, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU632312737562
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