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BRIAN R

@brianriley1art.bsky.social

I am a painter living and working in New Jersey. I have had a solid studio practice for over 30 years. I rarely ever show my work outside a few friends. WHAT DO YOU SEE? BRLMT.com

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This little gem is for zooming in on. It’s from my NEVERLAND series 2023 2022 #art#abstractart#painting

15.07.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two of the beautiful works I have currently hanging in my art studio. The drawing the larger one is from 2024. The painting is from maybe 2015 Ish I always just let what is going to come to the surface come and then I hang out on the wall.#Art #Painting #Drawing #Art #Artist #ArtStudio.

14.07.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This one always makes me smile. I had this hanging in my office for a long time. Small acrylic on board. Layers and layers, time passes by. #abstract #Art #Painter #AcrylicPainting #FineArt #Studio #ArtStudio #Artist

14.07.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This 36” x 40” acrylic is a fun one. I go back to this work a lot, I had it hanging in my healing space (I do massage) for a while. I love looking at it. What is it that you see? #art #acrylicpainting #abstract art #Painting #ShowMyPainting #Artist

13.07.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On a more somber note this large work 5ft x 5ft was painfully painted on the day the U.S. voted to kill itself, its dreams, and its future. I’m still sad and seeking a way through this daily! #art #artwithmeaning #acrylicpainting #artist

13.07.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a big fun painting from around 2021. The woods, isolation, order and disorder. Trying to find a foothold. Acrylic on play wood 4ft x 4ft #art #abstracpainting #artist #acrylicpainting #fineart #painter

13.07.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There was a freedom in this work I had gotten to a point where I could really shut off that questioning is this OK part of my brain and I dove deeply into painting sometimes you’re in it sometimes you’re not 18 x 24 acrylic on canvas #art #AbstractArt #AbstractPainter #AbstractPainting #Artist

12.07.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I really love this painting, even though it’s a subject matter was a bit difficult when I made it. It was about those times when one feels a darkness floating in. It’s interesting to look at it now and think back on it. 18”\24” acrylic on canvas #art #abstract art #AbstractPainter #AbstractPainting

12.07.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a fun one from a few years ago, 3ft x 3 ft acrylic on canvas. #art #abstract #painting

12.07.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This one is so cool. It has so many layers to dive into. When I paint I try to shut down the why part of my brian, I never set out with an idea to paint, instead I rely on manifesting what wishes to arrive. #painting #art #abstractart #abstractpainting#artist

12.07.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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I’m gonna take any of them further leap back today into some work. I was doing back in 2020 2021 acrylic on paper 18 x 24. This work was about the radical beauty of nature. Chaos attempting to organize #Art #AcrylicPainting #Painting #FineArt #Artist #FloralPainting.

12.07.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When I get an idea my head I tend to work in a series. Some series will go on for a month a week others can go on for years. These are four from my Neverland series done in 2023 acrylic 18 x 24 #Art #AbstractPainting #AbstractArt#Painting #Neverland #Artist.

11.07.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks that’s so cool
I love the magician idea, that happens so often in painting!

11.07.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I really feel like this one today it’s hot It’s summer.
The humidity reminds me of the sound of New Orleans jazz music. This work is 12” x 16” acrylic on board #Art #AcrylicPainting #AbstractArt #Jazz #NewOrleans #Painter #Painting #Artist.

11.07.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a cool drawing done early last summer. I am a massage therapist as well as an artist so energy and shifting patterns are all over my life. Charcoal and pastel on paper. #art #drawing #abstractart #artist #artstudio

11.07.2025 09:07 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another good one from the vampire series I love the perspective in these each one is a 11 x 14 acrylic on wooden panel 2023 possibly I’d have to look #Art #AbstractArt #AbstractPainting #Painting #Artist #ArtistStudio #Paint

10.07.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah thank you! πŸ€Έβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€Έβ€β™‚οΈ

10.07.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This work from my series entitled Neverland in these works. I was fascinated by the layering of nature, but these were being painted. I would walk in the woods in the morning and try to see what it changed. subtle and huge at the same time. 18 x 24 acrylic painting on board #Art #AbstractArt

10.07.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You can see more from that series or my website
Link in bio
Thanks for looking!
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10.07.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

$500

10.07.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I love painting at my home away from home in NOLA. I feel so free there. So inline with my creative energy. #nola #art #painting #abstract

10.07.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks man !

10.07.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Instead of trying to put on paper what I am feeling I often turn the aesthetic decision-making part of my brain off in order to just make marks that feel intuitive. Then when I look back those feelings start to make sense in the work that I was having during the process

10.07.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This beautiful little work what’s from a series I did while listening to Memnoch the devil by #AnneRice I did a whole series of paintings about it 11 x 14 acrylic on wooden panels #Art #AbstractArt #AbstractPainting #Painting #Artist

10.07.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you I love when people tell me what they see in the work. I rarely ever show it so this is new for me.

10.07.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes I think about Time all the time. Art captures energy as we dip into the Zeitgeist so it doesn’t matter when we live we all may experience the same vibrations from time to time.

10.07.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like mine better

10.07.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This work is fun! It was done around 2022. I was painting on ply wood. It was after spending all my time alone in the woods, covid, 4ft x4ft 2 pannels
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Comment please #art #painting #abstract

10.07.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I tend to drift between curved edges and straight edges mostly dictated by my mood or whatever it is that I am trying to capture in my work whether it be Music dreams politics ideas patterns. These two paintings are about two years apart. What do you see? #Art #AbstractArt#AbstractPainting #Artist

10.07.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a cool one. I sold last year to a friend. It was based on walks around the city of New Orleans with a poet friend of mine. What do you see 12 x 16 acrylic on paper #Art #AcrylicPainting #AbstractArt #ShareMyArt #Painting#NewOrleans

10.07.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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