Abstract Art by Revad - David Riley
Abstract art is a lot of fun to create … it also leaves many people, including me many times, shaking their head wondering how on earth someone came up with a particular image and what it means … or thinking that a kindergartener could have done much better - at museums, I’ve seen some of those huge globs on canvas of what appears to be paint smears by a toddler that just have absolutely nothing to say to me at all except that it is messy and not something I would want hanging on my walls.
Revad does some very interesting and powerful image abstracts 
His artwork is awesome and quite vibrant and moving.
Comments about a couple paintings that used to be in his gallery and are no longer there:
One reminded me of stained glass windows and how they are put together. I like stained glass windows very much - I’ve never made any but I admire the craftsmanship it takes to work with the glass and lead beading or whatever it is that goes into making them. Even I would like this painting hanging on my wall … it also reminds me of space and the sun and the stars …. it is very outer space - y to me yet quite breathtakingly lovely like a church window as a whole without screaming outer space cliches. The color harmony is energetic but peaceful to me.
Another was quite striking in it’s contrasts … I like contrast very much and I found this one to be in line with what I see and feel when I drive through downtown Houston (or any other city) at nite when only a few colors are here and there showing against the dark of nite, especially without a moon - those moonless nites in a city while driving on a freeway can be quite … thought provoking … sometimes just plain spooky and ghostly without being scarey if that makes any sense.
I was not enamored of his serial numbers instead of titles at all.
There are lots of people who prefer untitled or no title at all for a work of art - it helps them to “remove” the artist from the artwork so the art stands on it’s own alone without the artist or outside distractions or involvement.
For me, the serial numbers work to identify a piece for an online shopping cart … but they do not evoke any … warm fuzzies … in my mind or soul. I think I now understand why an artist years ago told me that all paintings need a title and that “untitled” leaves part of the artist out of the display of their work. The serial number makes me feel … barren, forlorn, impersonal, faceless …. me being an artist and a writer …. titles speak to me as much as the art itself I am finding … if the Mona Lisa was titled … XVC-IICV … would it evoke as much mystery and awe as it does? Perhaps … we will never know.
I’ve learned that I like titles of other people’s art … even though I detest having to find titles for my work … most titles are quite elusive when I’m trying to find one that fits … and it takes a lot of work sometimes for me to find the one that goes with my painting … but I am discovering in looking at other people’s art that my effort is worth it for those like me whose imagination and involvement in a painting or artwork is deepened and encouraged by the title the artist found for it.
You can see Revad’s work at his ImageKind Galleries. I hope you enjoy his art as much as I do. If you like abstract art, his art is a must - see!
