Maryann Ryves
- Work
- Biography
I am a painter, and use oil as my preferred medium. I paint from life and will often sketch ideas out first allowing the piece to develop as I work, and enjoying the process of it becoming another idea entirely. I try to evoke a mood with each painting, and have recently become interested in the importance of colour to specifically portray emotions and stories.
Colour has always been very important in my work, and I will also now use images from books or photos to create tension or calm.
I have a print table and with oil based inks and copper plates I make one-off images that I can use to feed ideas into the paintings.
Other influences include artists past and present and exhibitions which I am always interested to see.
Colour has always been very important in my work, and I will also now use images from books or photos to create tension or calm.
I have a print table and with oil based inks and copper plates I make one-off images that I can use to feed ideas into the paintings.
Other influences include artists past and present and exhibitions which I am always interested to see.
An Honours graduate in printed textile design, Maryann Ryves worked as a freelance textile designer exhibiting in Paris, Frankfurt and New York. She also worked on site in the design studio for John Lewis on a regular basis. She was commissioned to design a collection of rugs which were exhibited at Liberty’s, London. Maryann Ryves turned her attention to painting and exhibited in galleries around London. She was short-listed for the Royal Academy Summer exhibition in 1990. She exhibited at Pembroke Lodge , Richmond park, Surrey in June 2000.
Since moving to Scotland she has shown work at Pittenweem Arts Festival and exhibits regularly at many galleries around Scotland.
2008 Exhibited at the RGI Open Exhibition
2010 Solo exhibition at the Birnam Institute. Selected to exhibit at the Coast festival, Macduff . Elected member of the GSWA. October had a stand at the Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2011 Exhibited at the Di Rollo Gallery, Edinburgh
2013 Exhibited at the Q Gallery, Dundee. Solo exhibition at the Birnam Institute
2015 Solo show in Aberfeldy town square at Easter
2017 Short-listed for SWA, Mall Galleries, London,
2018 Exhibited at RSA Edinburgh in Summer Exhibition. Invited artist for Macmillan Summer Exhibition, Edinburgh. Short-listed for SWA Mall Galleries, London.
2019 Solo show at the Aberfeldy Gallery.
2019 – 2024 Exhibits around Scotland, takes on commissions and continues to develop work.
Since moving to Scotland she has shown work at Pittenweem Arts Festival and exhibits regularly at many galleries around Scotland.
2008 Exhibited at the RGI Open Exhibition
2010 Solo exhibition at the Birnam Institute. Selected to exhibit at the Coast festival, Macduff . Elected member of the GSWA. October had a stand at the Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
2011 Exhibited at the Di Rollo Gallery, Edinburgh
2013 Exhibited at the Q Gallery, Dundee. Solo exhibition at the Birnam Institute
2015 Solo show in Aberfeldy town square at Easter
2017 Short-listed for SWA, Mall Galleries, London,
2018 Exhibited at RSA Edinburgh in Summer Exhibition. Invited artist for Macmillan Summer Exhibition, Edinburgh. Short-listed for SWA Mall Galleries, London.
2019 Solo show at the Aberfeldy Gallery.
2019 – 2024 Exhibits around Scotland, takes on commissions and continues to develop work.
- Maryann Ryves
- Aspidistra
- Oil
- Maryann Ryves
- City Snowdrops
- Oil
- Maryann Ryves
- Wheatfield
- Oil
- Maryann Ryves
- Hockey
- Oil
- Maryann Ryves
- Harbour Wall
- Oil
- Maryann Ryves
- Evening table
- Oil
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