Morris Riley

Morris Riley was born in Warrington in 1951 and gained his BA in Visual Arts at Bolton College in 1998. He became a lecturer of Art in Warrington, and his work has been exhibited in New York and in London at the Ainscough Gallery, Pimlico.

Morris is enthusiastic about art and passionate about painting in particular. He took a break from art in 2005 but, inspired by Cheshire's rolling landscape, he has recently returned to painting with renewed vigour, excitement and a desire to converse his visual language to the world. "My paintings represent my fascination with the Cheshire countryside… My approach is to prepare each subject as a terrain, a landscape in its own right".

He works with diverse media including oils, lacquers and industrial paints. He admires the elegant works of Constable and Turner yet his abstract works are also influenced by Jackson Pollock's dynamism and movement. His paintings are abstract and display vibrant splashes of colour, yet his works possess a precise, finished quality. The Bridgewater Canal has been a memorial place for Morris and it is no coincidence that canal scenes, portraits and abstracts are the backdrop to his new portfolio of life's experiences.

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