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Contemporary Fine Art Painting, Drawing, Printmaking and more. Latest news, views and events. Tales from my art studio in Bruton, and exhibitions round and about.
Stephen Riley: Artist in Bruton, Somerset
Stephen Riley: Artist in Bruton, Somerset
Work on its way...
Now and then... ...more
Affordable Art
Art for everyone... ...more
Rejected again for the RWA Open!
…though not surprised ...more
Revisionism
… development ...more
Exhibition: View of Yeovil
Picturing the town… ...more
Painting/Photography/Exhibiting
Doing the visual art thing in Yeovil ...more
Things happening!!
Exhibiting... ...more
Back in the Studio!
The smell of the oil paint and the return of doing... ...more
New book now available!!
Soul Stories is out there! ...more
Goldfinger in Nevada!
Work in situ... ...more
a turning point...
.. or a moment of recognition ...more
Art this week and all weeks
Art in Somerset ...more
Incoming...
...photographs ...more
Representation
What does it mean? ...more
New old work
Out of the archives, revived by framing ...more
New Work - Photographs
Picture this... ...more
New work for 2020
New page featuring this year's output... ...more
Forgotten Painting
Goldfinger II ...more
New 'Sketches' page
small works on paper for sale ...more
More New Paintings
Latest from my Somerset studio... ...more
More new work...
News from my Somerset studio ...more
New paintings
Concrete abstraction ...more
'Peeler', 2004
From the archives… ...more
More new old work - The Ruin of Mary Penny's Cottage
Charcoal drawing ...more
New old work – a pathway through a wood
Unearthing things ...more
More New Paintings
Latest work... ...more
New Work: Paintings
Latest from my Somerset Studio ...more
One of my paintings used by Bowery
Optical meets Aural ...more
A bit of phone-cam formalism
colour, line, form ...more
Another New Old Painting
one from the vaults ...more
New! - old work
rummaging and finding... ...more
Beauty in all things again
Act of random creativity ...more
Beauty in all things…
Acts of random creativity ...more
This Quiet Earth
Art and stuff… ...more
New work in the studio
The whiff of fresh oil paint... ...more
New Art Studio in Bruton
Somewhere to paint… ...more
A Trip to Bath
bin there.... ...more
Showing in ‘Made in Bruton’
Stop on by - check it out... ...more
Art and About
Wear its 'at ...more
My work on show in Cheshire
New art exhibition in Macclesfield ...more
New work – prints – in my gallery
Work available as prints ...more
New artworks now available
New paintings and photos ...more
Being an artist without a studio!
Needs must… ...more
Painting Again!
Size isn’t everything…. ...more
Miniature Paintings for Sale
Open to offers ...more
Is Everyone an Artist? #2: Getting off the Fence
Furthering this discussion ...more
Line and Mass Exhibition, Bournemouth
Group show at Meyrick Hall ...more
Abstract Painting by Nature
The wind could do that ...more
Line & Mass, Bournemouth
Art on show in Dorset ...more
What can I say?
A photograph ...more
I had some dreams; they were clouds in my coffee
Well, my tea… ...more
Other People’s Art
What can you do when you’re not doing?? ...more
World in Union: THAT song
An artist's news and views in Somerset
I vow to thee, my earholes
...more
A fun homage
A Wentworth banana skin ...more
Still looking for exhibiting opportunities…
Art, studios, galleries... ...more
Artists who paint circles
Circularity... ...more
A visit to At The Chapel in Bruton
Art, Tea and Empathy in Somerset ...more
Dirty Pictures!
The wickedness of photographing the landscape! ...more
Back from holidays.
Art in Bruton, Somerset
Getting things moving…
...more
I have moved and am making art in Bruton, Somerset
House move complete - ensconced in Bruton ...more
Art & Artificial Intelligence in Somerset
Things you see... ...more
Rephotographing
Lookin’ thru the windows… ...more
A Picasso sells for $160 Million - what does this have to do with ‘art’?
a commodity is a commodity is a commodity...... ...more
Leaving Manchester Metropolitan University
Last day in the Grosvenor Building ...more
Things you see
Impromptu use of space… ...more
Day Five of the artwork-a-day challenge
Fifth of the Five of My One a Day ...more
Day Four of the art challenge
Looky looky ...more
Day 3 of an artwork per day
Arch Rivals... ...more
Day Two of an artwork per day
Face-off for Facebook ...more
Artworks by volition
One of five of my one a day! ...more
My ART SALE reaches Munich
Sunken Cathedral painting heading for the Bavarian capital ...more
ART SALE: more representational art
Popular pictorial paintings ...more
News from my ART SALE
Representational paintings holding up in popularity ...more
ART SALE reaches Russia!
Red circles for Red Square! ...more
ART SALE!!
If you want it, stick in a bid... ...more
New Work on Show
Art made in Tameside and exhibited in Poole ...more
New Painting Completed
Art in Tameside, Manchester
Something fresh in the studio...
...more
A Window in Somerset
- a Tameside Artist on Tour
Art in the accidental and everyday
...more
Stalybridge, Remembrance Day 2014
Why I wear a poppy ...more
Back in the Studio and Gallery!
Artist in Tameside
Art in my Mossley studio
...more
Retirement of Professor David Hill
JMW Turner expert hangs up his quill; well, nearly... ...more
The Loovre to close
A loss to contemporary art in the North West ...more
Sound and Vision Exhibition, Art Works, Poole
Art - on its way from Manchester to Dorset ...more
photo - Manchester May 2014
Street scene ...more
Glastonbury
Taking a trip down South ...more
Artists thinking about Art - in Manchester
Much to reflect on... ...more
Being an artist in Manchester
Getting seen on Google.... ...more
On Martin Amis's programme 'England' on BBC4
A rare, challenging set of views... ...more
An artist’s take on a Tameside landmark
Sharp winter shadows…. ...more
Tameside: a barometer of the North / South divide?
from an artist living in Tameside... ...more
More 'opportunities'...
...to work for nothing ...more
More lens-less photography
facial deconstruction? ...more
Prints now available
A way of making art affordable... ...more
February 2014. Camera-free photography
Another way... ...more
Art Work for Sale
Amazing piece of work to be sold! ...more
Stephen Riley featured as 'artist of the week' in Mancunian Matters
A few good words from the Manchester's online newspaper... ...more
Paul Finnegan - Sculptor
News from my friend in the South... ...more
The passing of Gunter Forg
One of Germany's leading postwar artists ...more
Best letter ever in a newspaper?!
Support for letter regarding Boris Johnson ...more
Poppy Issues
What is the meaning of the poppy and remembrance now? ...more
Being visible on search engines
A blog about moving up Google, Bing and the rest.... ...more
Art Festival 2 at Low Wood Bay Hotel
Art works by Stephen Riley - paintings and prints - on show in Windermere ...more
In the studio: Mossley, Tameside, Manchester, October 2013
Work in progress.... ...more
The Art of Australia on BBC Four
A series exploring the history and progression of the art of the other side of the World.. ...more
October 2013: new exhibitions - Jeremy Turner
New exhibitions of cutting-edge contemporary British sculpture: ...more
Some thinking aloud on the significance of lyrics in music....
What's the word? Word up... ...more
September 2013: Latest works in progress
What's going on the studio of Stephen Riley - Art in Tameside in Manchester ...more
'Brains' - exhibition at MOSI in Manchester
Intriguing for some; queasy for others: check out 'Brains' ...more
Have Adverts Bottomed Out?!
Is this the worst ad ever?! ...more
'Gassed' by John Singer Sargent, 1919
Famous 'horrors of war' painting ...more
September 2013: My book, Barsteadworth College - How Workplace Bullies Get Away With It, is now recommended on the 'Bullying in Academia' page of Wikipedia:
Workplace bullying is a notable contemporary social sickness. ...more
May 2013: Went to a pop-up exhibition in Piccadilly, Manchester
Art near the Twisted Wheel... ...more
May 2013: Interview given by Stephen Riley for Arts in Britain
Answering a series of questions on my work and motivations... ...more
May 2013: art exhibition at Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University
Varied work on the idea of destroying to create something new ...more
May 2013: abstract art at the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
Visited the gallery during show including Callum Innes' work ...more
April 2013: new prints!!
Fine Art Prints by Stephen Riley ...more
April 2013: Jane Fuest Gallery to close
A sad sign of the times.... ...more
March 2013: visual research
visual information gathering to support studio practice ...more
March 2013: works in progress
Ongoing studio art practice in Mossley, Manchester ...more
February 2013: took part in Sine Dubio's 'Festival of Art' in Windermere
Weekend arts festival in Windermere, Cumbria ...more
January 2013: Stephen Riley is now represented in the Lake District
My paintings now at Sine Dubio Arts, Carnforth ...more
December 2012: Stephen Riley art in Macclesfield, Cheshire
New work and new gallery in Cheshire ...more
August 2012: I now have a new studio in Mossley in Greater Manchester.
New premises on the outskirts of the city ...more
August 2012: Early Work / Juvenilia pages added to Galleries on this site
See Galleries for examples of my early work, which is largely figurative. ...more
July 2012: I am now based in Greater Manchester, UK.
I have now moved to Manchester and am in the process of setting up a painting studio and gallery connections. ...more
July 2012: I no longer have any relationship with Globe Gallery, Weybridge.
Art works of mine held there or offered for sale are so without my approval. ...more
May 2012: Stephen Riley art on show at Jane Fuest Gallery
I am very pleased to announce that as of this week a selection of my paintings will be on show in Hampshire, at the Jane Fuest Gallery in Alresford, near Winchester. ...more
April 2012: more reviews for Barsteadworth College by Stephen Riley
Reviews for Stephen Riley's tract on workplace bullying in the English education system ...more
Summer 2011: New Photography website
Photography: I now have a dedicated photography website, showing my professional and corporate photography: ...more
February 2011: Lecture at Southampton Solent University by Dr Stephen Riley
A lecture on Art, Fashion and Identity ...more
January 2010:The Bridget Riley Connection
Is Stephen Riley related to Bridget Riley?? ...more
Exhibitions by Stephen Riley Winter 2010-11
Winter 2010 to 11: I have art works in the winter show at: ...more
Summer 2010: Barsteadworth College by Stephen Riley gets its first review
Link text here...Barsteadworth College – How Workplace Bullies Get Away With It now has its first review and a 5 -star rating! on Amazon. ...more
April 2010: My new book is now published:
Barsteadworth College – How Workplace Bullies Get Away With It by Dr. Stephen Riley is now available in PAPERBACK (ISBN: 9781849911825) ...more