CHRIS RIVERS (United Kingdom) (1983 - )
Limited Edition Print on Canson Arches Aquarelle Rag Paper
Title: Things Are Looking Up, 2020
Signed: Lower Right
Edition: Lower Left of an Edition of only 75 (Edition 75/75 for Illustration)
Sheet Size: 90cm x 90cm
Edition: Lower Left of an Edition of only 75 (Edition 75/75 for Illustration)
Sheet Size: 90cm x 90cm
Art Condition: Excellent - New
Unframed.
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About:
Born in 1983, Chris Rivers is a self taught artist from Manchester, England. A former professional rock drummer, Rivers began painting in 2014. His large and dramatic oil paintings are bold, abstract displays of charged colour and fine, surrealistic detail.
Not everything is as it first seems in these worlds. Soft light filters through overlaying mists of complimentary tones, gradually swelling with dramatic saturated colour before receding into the image. Upon closer inspection, these clouds are populated by minute details; flowers, insects, figures and other characters scatter and interact across the painted surface, offering a sense of scale to the great haze of abstract colour. Distinct rococo elements can also be detected, as curvilinear motifs fade in and out of the vibrant, bustling compositions.
“It’s about the things you don’t notice at first,” states Rivers, “a contrast between innocence and something darker.” In this way, layers of narrative, emotion and atmosphere surge against each other. Conflicting yet complimentary, the image is built upon this ensemble of disparate and harmonious elements.
These paintings are accomplished explorations of such contrasts, where subtle details are framed against turbulent backgrounds, light against dark, building dense and complex narratives.
