Our next show: Wayne Riggs

"Paintings from the Edge of a Bed" & "Works from Two Sides of the Pond"

November 2, 2007 through December 24, 2007
Please join us for the opening reception November 2, 2007 6PM to 9PM

Wayne Riggs has recently joined the artist community in Raleigh but he has been producing art around the world for the past 30 years. From his resume...

Born in Los Angeles, California USA, 1949
US Navy Radio Communications, E5 Transmitters/Controller (1968 - 1972)
Raised in Iowa and after the military service (Vietnam veteran) returned to receive a degree in fine arts Photography. He moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1977. He worked there for 12 years. In that fall and winter 1986-87, Mr. Riggs went to France to paint, returning to Atlanta in the spring. He moved to Florida in 1988 where he lived and worked until 1991, whereupon he returned to France and after a short stay moved to Rome. Mr. Riggs then lived in Rome for eight years before moving outside of Rome staying another four years by the sea. In 2003 he returned to America where he is presently living

His work is in the permanent collections of the following museums...

Southern Illinois University Museum Carbondale, Illinois - 1976
High Museum of Art Atlanta, Georgia - 1977
High Museum of Art Atlanta, Georgia - 1980
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, New York - 1981
High Museum of Art Atlanta, Georgia - 1981
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Los Angeles, California - 1982
Muse Des Beaux-Arts Le Havre, France - 1987
Cornell Fine Arts Museum Winter Park, Florida - 1990
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa Bay, Florida - 1991
High Museum of Art Atlanta, Georgia - 1992 (2)
University of Virginia Museum Charlottesville, Virginia - 2004
University of Virginia Museum Charlottesville, Virginia - 2005

Please do not miss this very special artist's work.