Christopher Reilly "Bough" 2002 Original Mixed Media Artwork Framed
Encaustic and Mixed Media on Panel
Framed Measures Approx: 49.5" x 49.5"
Encaustic painter Chris Reilly applies molten beeswax, damar resin and pure pigment to a water- colored canvas panel. Using a heat gun and bristle brushes, each brushstroke is fused to the previous layer. A wood chisel is then employed to carve and scrape the surface. For fine lines, an electric wax “pen” is used. The fast drying time and thick translucence make for a spontaneous luminous painting.
Reilly seeks to make works that are objects of contemplation. The stillness of meditation is echoed in the quietude of the finished painting that has undergone a process of creation, destruction and finally preservation. Creatures that transform, such as dragonflies and butterflies, are arranged in a loose grid symbolizing the enduring pattern of regeneration. Branches, laden with blossoms and fruit, stretch across the canvas receiving light and mimicking a human limb. These works are built up with wax and scraped down until a feeling of serenity is achieved.
Chris was born in New York in 1967. He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. He has participated in numerous one and two person shows in galleries nationwide.
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2013 Gail Severn Gallery Ketchum, ID
2012 Meyer Gallery Park City, UT
2011 “new Works” Gail Severn Gallery Ketchum, ID
2010 “new Paintings” Etra Fine Art Miami,FL
2010 “new Work” Winston Wachter Fine Art Seattle, WA
2010 Meyer Gallery Park City, UT
2009 “Buddhamirror” Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2008 “New Work”, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2007 Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2007 “Spiral Heart Shell”, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2006 Winston Wachter Fine Art, New York, NY
2005 Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2005 Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2004 “create. destroy. preserve.”, Scott White Contemporary, San Diego, CA
2003 Scott White Contemporary Art, Telluride, CO
2001 “Nimbus”, Eyre/ Moore Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 “Imago”, Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
2001 “Christopher Reilly & Michele Haglund”, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2000 “Halo”, Avenue Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
1999 Eyre/ Moore Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1998 “Immanent and Translucent”, R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1997 “Growth and Stillness”, R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1997 “Fossil”, Allen Sheppard Gallery, Piermont, NY
1995 “Creation, Growth, and Dissolution”, The Writing Center, San Diego, CA
1994 “The Nature of Things”, “B” Street Gallery, San Diego, CA
1994 “Stillness”, The Writing Center, San Diego, CA
1989 “Duality in Nature”, School of Visual Arts, New York,
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 “50 San Diego Artists” Quint Fine Art La Jolla, CA
2008 “Summer in Chelsea”, Winston Wachter Fine Art, New York, NY
2008 “Group Exhibition” Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2002 “Terrain”, Scott White Contemporary Art, Telluride, CO
2002 “Beyond Botanica”, Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
2001 Allan Sheppard Gallery, New York, NYGail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2000 “Summer Group Exhibition”, SOMA Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1998 “Summer Group Exhibition”, Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 “A Common Thread”, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1998 “Animism: Icon, Metaphor, Myth”, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1997 Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1997 “Winter Group Exhibition”, R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1996 Allen Sheppard Gallery, Piermont, NY
1996 “Summer Group Exhibition”, R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1996 “5th Annual Juried Exhibition”, Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
1996 Park City Gallery, Park City, UT
1996 Susan Street Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
1995 The Art Institute, San Diego, CA
1993 “B” Street Gallery, San Diego, CAAWARDS
1991 Second Place, Del Mar Fair Painting Exhibit
1989 Francis Criss Memorial Purchase Award
