Painting

I love metaphors and playing with the “conversations” that disparate objects and colors seem to have in everyday life.

With the encouragement of my oldest sister, Chris, I started painting with acrylics on canvas board when I was 10. She had an easel set up in her bedroom and would allow me to watch her paint. While watching, she would talk about her life, her friends, and the why and how of making art. I continued to paint throughout my teen years (lots of hippies wrapped in the American flag, Vietnam combat scenes, folks shooting heroin, multiple versions of Bobby Kennedy and Dr. King) and eventually won a Scholastic Art Scholarship to the Ft. Wayne Art Institute (merged with IU in the mid-70’s). After graduating with a BFA from Indiana University, I continued to paint in my spare time until the early-90’s, when family life and full-time work made it too difficult to find the time. I did not return to oil painting until 2012, when a brush with breast cancer and the death of my mother-in-law pointed out that waiting until retirement to paint again may not be the best plan.

It has taken me 10 years to find my painting sea legs again and I feel that most of the work below are more “studies” than “art”; time logged developing techniques and making friends with the medium and tools again. I find my paintings and approach to creating art are heavily influenced by my experience working in Photography, Digital Collage and Watercolor. My design choices and aesthetic are influenced by my time spent as an offset printing press operator (many images printed on the same sheet of test paper), the photo collages my sister Kathy startedu creating as a teen, and years working as a leaded glass fabricator, glazier, installer and designer (my love of and fascination with borders).

Dreaming of Evolution – 2024 – oil on ampersand clayboard 30″ x 30″

**Mom (Mary-Grace, a Study) – 2023/24 – 16″ x “20 – Oil on canvas**

**Bubbie and Willie – 2024 – 12″ x 24″ – Oil on canvas**

**Miss Kathy and Her Hot-Flash Jesus Fan (*in process*) – 2023/24 – 30″ x40″**

**Mystic River Dreaming of Father or Don’t Take it Serious – 2021-2022 – 24″ x 48″**

Kaiya at Revere Beach - 2020, oil on Masonite board by Tina Riedel — **Kaiya at Revere Beach – 2020 – oil on Masonite – 16″ x 20″**

**View Off the Medford Porch – 2018 – Oil on Masonite – 15″x 15″**

**Exit Strategy – 2017-19 – 30″ x40″ – oil on canvas**

Mystic River After a Storm - 2018 — **Mystic River After a Storm – 2018 – 18″x 24″ – oil on canvas**

**Good Harbor Salt Marsh – 2018 – oil on canvas board – 11″x 14″**

Violets for Marge - 2017 oil painting by Tina riedel — **Violets for Marge – 2017 – 11″x14″ – oil on canvas board**

**Fruit Study – 2017 – 18″ x 24″ – oil on canvas**

**Spring Branches – 2016 – 11″ x !4″ – oil on masonite**

Johnny Jump-ups - 2015 - oil on masonite - 8" x 10" — **Johnny Jump-ups – 2015 – oil on masonite – 8″ x 10″**

**Man at the Topsfield Fair** – **2014-2015** **– 16″ x 20″ – oil on canvas**

Porch Sky, Looking East - 2014-2015 oil painting by Tina riedel — **Porch Sky, Looking East – 2014-2015**

Morning Glory - 2013 oil painting by Tina riedel — **Morning Glory Study – 2013 – 8″ x 16″ – oil on canvas**

**Standing In the Salt Marsh – 2013** **– 11×14 – oil on Ampersand clay board**

It's too Mysterious, 2013, oil painting by Tina Riedel — **It’s too Mysterious – 2013 – 16″ x 20″ – oil on canvas**

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