OCTOBER 12, 2022 Lecture

 "After moving to the West over a decade ago, I have become captivated by the landscape, animals and history that abound here. My artwork is how I engage with this awe-inspiring land. My aim is to capture some of the West's spirit, strength and grace to share with others.   A lot of my work is about trying to balance opposing forces. Traditional subject matter presented in a modern way; offsetting realistic handling of form with big, loose blocks of values and shapes; balancing realism with abstraction.”  David Frederick riley

​David has a BFA and MFA in Fine Art from the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award.  After working for more than fifteen years as an illustrator and instructor, David now works full time as a gallery artist.  He lives in Midway, Utah with his wife Nealy and two children Cameron and Ellison.

David Riley has been a finalist for the past four years in the Art Renewal Center's Annual Salon, the Oil Painter's of America National and Regional Juried Exhibitions and the Springville Art Museum’s Annual Spring Salon.  David was in the top 100 finalists in London's BP Portrait Award in 2017.
                                                                          —info from davidfrederickriley.com

DO YOU REMEMBER THESE ART LEAGUE SPEAKERS
​FROM PREVIOUS LECTURE SERIES?
See what they have to say now: from Carla Hartman introducing the Ray & Charles Eames bread-video, to Susanne Smeaton on frames, to Ariel O’Connor’s help conserving an historic mastodon and the “artistry surrounding this massive beast.”  
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October 9, 2019
Ariel O’Connor, Conservator
Crime Scene Conservation: Preserving the Nutshell Studies of
Unexplained Death
www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-art-museum/2020/04/29/mysteries-first-mastodon/


March 12, 2019
Hubert Massey, Ph.D., Muralist
Creating the Voice of a Community
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hyhc0Q3wL0
www.hourdetroit.com/web-exclusive/hubert-massey-detroit-artists-market/


April 10, 2019
Mark Pohlad, Ph.D., professor  
The Face of Greatness:  Abraham Lincoln in Art and Photographs
www.theconservationcenter.com/articles/2020/4/22/a-notenbsp-on-abraham-lincoln-fromnbspmark-b-pohlad-phd


May 10, 2017 
Sean O’Neill, Illustrator
Comics, Graphic Novels, and the Tradition of Visual Storytelling  
www.boilerroomstudios.myportfolio.com/video

December 13, 2017 
Lisa Rotondo-McCord, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs,
New Orleans Museum of Art
Courting Favor: Objects of Diplomacy and the China Trade  
https://www.facebook.com/NOMA1910/videos/1095850694221926/?sfnsn=mo​


November 8, 2017
Daryl Thetford, Artist
Psyche Meets Process: the Art of Digital Discovery
www.darylthetford.com/blog/


October 8, 2014
Suzanne Smeaton, Frame Historian and Consultant
The Art of the Edge
www.suzannesmeaton.com/blog/2020/9/26/framing-john-marin


December 12, 2012
Carla Hartman (Eames)
Chair Connections
www.instagram.com/tv/CEuVu9ygNjS/?utm_source=ig_embed