My trip throughout Europe (Roma, Florence, Paris, London) was very inspiring. Ive taken over 2000 photographs and have only been through half (Roma, Florence). I have returned inspired to work into new series and media including exhibiting my photographs.
COLUMBUS — Paintings by Columbus artist Ryan Orewiler are now on display in the Port Columbus Gateway to The Arts, an exhibit space located on the ticketing level in the hallway behind MoJoe Lounge.
Port Columbus Gateway to The Arts is a collaboration between the Columbus Regional Airport Authority and the Ohio Art League, which is a non-profit visual arts organization that coordinates the rotating exhibits on a quarterly basis.
“My work is based from a perspective and expression of everyday life,” explained Orewiler. “Along with contemporary art, I am also influenced by the architecture in historical, contemporary cities around the world. The energy, abstract quality, color and shapes are unique with each city.” Visit www.ryanorewiler.com to learn more about Orewiler and his work.
Among the artwork on display are three painted aerials of Port Columbus International Airport.
“I’ve always enjoyed the non-traditional, aerial perspective of the runways and terminals from the airports I have visited throughout the world,” said Orewiler. “I also enjoy the feeling from the initial lift off of leaving a city and touching down to visit or revisit a destination. Two of my grandfathers were in the U.S. Air Force and inspired me to learn more about flight in general. I plan to one day get my pilot’s license.”
Since 2000, Orewiler has painted hundreds of cityscapes which have been collected and commissioned by individuals and corporations throughout the United States. His influence is the urban environment of his home in Columbus and the cities that he has traveled to around the world including Jakarta, Chicago, Paris, Florence, Berlin, Bali, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore. He received a bachelor of fine arts in illustration from the Columbus College of Art and Design and is a member of Landfillart.org, Roy G Biv, Ohio Art League, German Village Art League (Founder and President), AbX Collective, Oil Painters of America and the Landscape Artists International.
URBAN REFLETIONS BY RYAN OREWILER
Opening Reception: November 7th 4-7pm 2009
Dates: Saturday, Nov. 7th- Dec. 20th, 2009
In the Short North Arts District Columbus, OH
@ Marcia Evans Gallery
8 E Lincoln St. Col. OH 43215
phone: 614-298-8847
Artist Statement
The city has always been my muse. The overall quality within each city has its own source of uniqueness. The energy, the cars, the noise and smell of each city makes them distinct. In these new works I layer images, maps and foreign writing within each painting. Aside from previous cityscape's I have painted, The Urban Reflection series was intended to be more raw."
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The proprietor of the home design shop, Catherine Adams, a worldly and appealing woman, has loaned her upstairs gallery space to Orewiler, founder and director of the German Village Art League, for its first juried show.
Orewiler was raised in the neighborhood; he shows off the diverse collection of work that includes some of his own pieces, then offers to show me the "small apartment" that he shares with his girlfriend over on one of the nicest streets in the Village.
The apartment turns out to be the entire first floor of a two-story building; it includes a well-tended side garden and a spacious back patio, plus a covered back deck for those rainy evenings when you still want to be outside. For this, he pays $600 a month.
This, just steps from the exclusive and Ohio-boosting Negy Gallery, where customers aren’t so much walk-ins as they are fly-ins, and by fly-ins we’re talking private jets from far away. They come to ogle the fascinating Elijah Pierce folk art collection as well as emerging work from various present-day Ohio artists, of which there are plenty."
by David Lansel
