About the Artist
A year-round resident of Marion, Massachusetts, Riseley primarily paints the landscape and seascape of the southeastern coastal region of Massachusetts and New England. Employing a playful, impressionistic style, her time spent outdoors in the natural world is clearly reflected in her work, which is created en plein air and in the studio.
Her paintings have been on exhibit at the Marion Art Center in Marion, MA, at Highfield Hall in Falmouth, MA, at annual art shows in Rowayton, CT, Watch Hill RI, and on Nantucket Island. She has professional affiliations with the Marion Art Center, the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, and Weir Farm Art Center where she was selected as April 2018 Artist-in-Residence at Weir Farm National Historic Site in Wilton, CT.
Kyle Riseley Biography
Kyle Riseley was born and raised in and around Westport, CT. Her visual memories are dominated by time spent wandering near her childhood home on Compo Parkway, and at Longshore, and Compo Beach. After graduating from Ithaca College, she spent the early part of her career in the publishing industry in New York City, (Prentice-Hall, Watson Guptill, McGraw-Hill) doing postgraduate design coursework at NYU and Parsons School of Design. She managed a freelance design business, Designs on Wooster, in Ridgefield, CT, before dedicating herself to education as a communications professional in independent schools focusing on photography and design. She began painting landscapes during summers on Martha’s Vineyard and has apprenticed with Bridgewater artist, Lori Zummo. An avid outdoors person and conservationist, Ms. Riseley served as an early Open Space park ranger for the Ridgefield Conservation Commission. As a landscape painter, Riseley’s time spent out of doors in the natural world is clearly reflected in her work. Her early career in design and photography have influenced the many ways she uses color, light and form to bring the viewer into her world of mossy habitats, sandy walkways, and marbled skies.
Exhibits
Small Works Juried Show, Marion Art Center,
- November 2017, 2018, 2019
Marion Art Center Member Shows
- 2005 - present Biannual Showings
Marion Art Center
- October 9 - November 12, 2009 Recent Paintings by Kim Barry and Kyle Riseley
CCNS Art Show of Rowayton, CT
- June 1998-2007 Annual Art Sale to benefit Community Cooperative Nursery School
Art in the Park, Marion, MA
- Juried art exhibition July, 2007, July 2008
Watch Hill Library and Improvement Society, Watch Hill, RI
- Juried Art Sale to Benefit the Watch Hill Library, July 2016, July 2015, July, 2014, July 2012, July, 2011
Highfield Hall, Exhibit to Benefit Falmouth 300 Committee, Highfield Hall, and Falmouth Artist Guild
- 2007
The Bookstall, Marion, MA
- 2011 Postcards: Small Paintings of Marion, MA
Century House, Nantucket, MA
- Artist in Residence Program June, 2003, June, 2005, June, 2008
Education/Work Experience
Undergraduate: BS Ithaca College
Postgraduate: New York University, coursework in graphic design and advertising art
Postgraduate: Parsons School of Design, New School, coursework in graphic design
Publishing::
Prentice-Hall, advertising copywriter/designer
McGraw-Hill, advertising manager
John Wiley & Sons, freelance writer/designer
Freelance Graphic Arts::
Designs on Wooster, Ridgefield, CT, 1981-1995
Wooster School, Danbury, CT, Director of Communication, 1996-2004
Friends Academy, Dartmouth, MA, Director of Communication, 2011-2017
Memberships::
Marion Art Center, Marion, MA, exhibition committee, exhibiting artist 2004-present
Marion Garden Group, 2006-present
Marion Arts Council, Marion, MA 2008-2011
Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, MA, 2006-2010
Sippican Woman’s Club, 2004-2008