 Riana
Frost's unique paintings of wildlife on wild turkey feathers are a natural
outgrowth of her upbringing in a family of artists and her inclination
for drawing and painting on less-than-traditional surfaces such as stones,
birch bark, and artist's fungus. She works in acrylics, employing
fine brushes to portray favored subjects, which range from deer, wolves,
bear and moose to loons, chickadees, and nuthatches. Even on so small
and delicate a “canvas” she provides each with an ambience
reflective of its natural environment, artfully integrating the texture
and patterns of the individual feather to reveal seasons and surroundings,
from a wolf's breath in arctic winter air to sprays of water tossed
up by combative bears in a stream. Her feeling for and intimate familiarity
with her subjects and their places in the wild are readily apparent in
her detailed work, which is expressive as well as naturalistic. Riana
and her remarkable paintings have been the subject of many articles and
television features, including “New Hampshire Chronicle”,
and her work hangs in such faraway places as Austria, Japan, Ireland,
and South Africa. In addition to Carroll Studio Gallery her feather paintings
are on exhibition year-round at the Gallery at Mainstreet Bookends in
Warner and the Flying Goose Pub in New London, NH.
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