Chris Riley

I have always been creative and a little obsessed with making things look good. 

As a kid you would always find me drawing something. I had done a few paintings in my late teens but after entering the workforce as a Tradie, I gave up painting and drawing.

It wasn’t until I was 28 that I had the idea of being an artist and after struggling to find an artwork for our apartment I decided to paint one myself. It was so well received by family and friends that my wife suggested that I should be an artist. I was not loving my job at the time so I thought why not!

Two months later I was selling prints at a local market and then 18 months later I quit my job and became a full time artist. Since then I have managed to open a public studio in East Brisbane and my wife Tracy has started working full time in the business with me.

“My work is all inspired by mid-century architecture and Palm Springs. I love light, colour and shadows and Palm Springs has all of that!”