<![CDATA[M Ryding Artworks - ArtWorking]]>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:09:16 -0500Weebly<![CDATA[November 09th, 2018]]>Fri, 09 Nov 2018 05:00:00 GMThttps://www.mrydingartworks.com/artworking/november-09th-2018Picture
Chasing the Sun.  That’s how I see the compulsion that drove my grandparents across the Atlantic to start over in this fresh, new country.  Making a break with the cold, dark winters of northern Scandinavia each one came with different expectations of this new life.    Optimism and ambition were stronger forces than the ties that would keep them entrenched in the cold and dark, mourning for the sun.  
In this damp and cloudy place I now call home I’m driven to chase the sun, hanging onto every ray, afraid I’ll miss the last bit of warm bright light.  Have I made the most of the sunshine days?
]]><![CDATA[Stillness in the Midst of Chaos]]>Mon, 06 Nov 2017 13:30:00 GMThttps://www.mrydingartworks.com/artworking/stillness-in-the-midst-of-chaosPicture"Almost Landscape II" encaustic, 10x10

“Art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos” Saul Bellow
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"Almost Landscape III" 10x10, encaustic
]]><![CDATA[The Painted Desert, Broken Open]]>Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:30:00 GMThttps://www.mrydingartworks.com/artworking/the-painted-desert-broken-openPicturePainted Desert, National Park Series, Mixed Media in 3 parts each 12 x 36
There are places where the earth is broken open, slashed through to expose the guts of the place. 
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