Melissa Riley is an emerging artist reviving her commitment to painting after a 35-year teaching career including 15 years teaching art. The long time away from her craft has made her more excited than ever to experiment and play around with her paintings.
Although many of her pieces are somewhat representational in nature, her goal is to portray imagined landscapes more abstractly. The shape and color of the landscape as a whole are of most interest to her. As an evolving artist, she is striving for a loose, relaxed, abstract style but finding that that is much easier said than done.
“Whether real or imagined in an expressionistic or abstract style, I characterize my work as explorations in paint aspiring to make a connection with my creative spirit. What is important is how the actual paint, colors and the manner in which shapes I create interact with the techniques and styles I am exploring. Using oil paints and most often just working with a palette knife I am searching for the essence of a place.”— Missy Riley
Although many of her pieces are somewhat representational in nature, her goal is to portray imagined landscapes more abstractly. The shape and color of the landscape as a whole are of most interest to her. As an evolving artist, she is striving for a loose, relaxed, abstract style but finding that that is much easier said than done.
“Whether real or imagined in an expressionistic or abstract style, I characterize my work as explorations in paint aspiring to make a connection with my creative spirit. What is important is how the actual paint, colors and the manner in which shapes I create interact with the techniques and styles I am exploring. Using oil paints and most often just working with a palette knife I am searching for the essence of a place.”— Missy Riley
Available Works- click on images for full view
"Last Full Moon Before Darkness"
$175.00
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16"x 12" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley in thin black frame.
"Dawn's Respite"
$300.00
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20"x 16" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley in black floater frame.
"Last One Standing"
$175.00
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8"x 10" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley in silver frame.
"Storm Clearing"
$500.00
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16"x 20" original oil painting on canvas by Melissa Riley in distressed white frame. Depicts an impression of sunlight appearing after a storm.
19.5"x 23.5" framed size
"Rain"
$150.00
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7"x 5" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley in silver frame. Depicts a monochromatic impression of ocean rain.
7.75"x 5.75" approx. framed size
7.75"x 5.75" approx. framed size
"Cloud Scatter"
$175.00
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8"x 10" original oil painting by Melissa Riley in wood frame. Depicts clouds moving across wetlands.
10"x 12" framed size
"Beach Day"
$175.00
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8"x 10" original oil painting by Melissa Riley in frame. Depicting a RI beach. Painted with palette knife.
10"x 12" framed size
"Wetland Pines"
$300.00
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18" x 24" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley in frame.
20" x 26" frame size
"Autumn Sunset"
$200.00
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8.5" x 12" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley.
10" x 13.5" framed size.
"Witch Hazel Watch"
$160.00
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6" x 6" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley.
6.5" x 6.5" framed size.
"Monarch's Feast"
$160.00
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6" x 6" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley.
6.5" x 6.5" framed size.
"Ocean Solitude"
$300.00
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10" x 13" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley.
15" x 18" framed size.
"Kayaking on Narrow River"
$125.00
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4" x 6" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley.
6.75" x 8.75" framed size.
"Popcorn Clouds"
$175.00
7" x 5" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley in frame.
8.5" x 6.5" framed size.
"Genie's Escape"
$175.00
7" x 5" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley in frame.
8.5" x 6.5" framed size.
"Arctic Expanse"
$175.00
6" x 6" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley in frame.
9.5" x 9.5" framed size.
"Vanishing Ice Fields"
$175.00
6" x 6" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley in frame.
9.5" x 9.5" framed size.
"Gossiping Grove"
$250.00
8" x 10" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley in frame.
10.5" x 12.5" framed size.
"Buttercup Brook"
$175.00
6" x 6" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley in frame.
8.5" x 8.5" framed size.
"Hummingbird Haven"
$175.00
6" x 6" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley in frame.
8.5" x 8.5" framed size.
"Early Equinox"
$175.00
6" x 6" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley in frame.
7.5" x 7.5" framed size.
"A Prelude to a Frost"
$175.00
6" x 6" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley in frame.
7.5" x 7.5" framed size.
"Silence Before the Storm"
$175.00
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6" x 6" original oil painting on panel by Melissa Riley in frame.
7.5" x 7.5" framed size.