Since 1987, Ms Riley has maintained a studio for drawing and painting after attending the University of OK School of Art with a major in printmaking. She taught and developed an art curriculum for 12 years at a private school as well as giving individual studio instruction and coordinating an after school program of creative workshops for children. Education has been an ongoing process for her through the institutions of Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA; the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, and Massachusetts College of Art, Boston.
Ms Riley’s work has been shown throughout the United States in galleries in Chicago, New York, the Butler Institute in Ohio, the Downey Museum in California and numerous other venues. Her work is included in private collections throughout New England, the U.S. and Europe, and in several corporate collections.
The narrative has always been and continues to be integral to her image making. Exploring the psychological, spiritual and physical connections humans have with the natural world has been the theme of her work for years. Ms. Riley currently lives and works in her studio in Newburyport, Massachusetts.