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Visionary Artist
Weston Riffle
“Under the boot of self-perpetuating political and social degradation, I crawl hoping they won’t notice. With a whip grey existence and the stick of red intention, I fight. Lights and grease, that’s what they are. I paint them. The brilliance and the work of one not noticed, not by those that claim to carry their food rations. I paint them because my contempt for the others and their cages and rules grows. I paint them because the others don’t see some things. I paint them because I am from California. I paint them because I have no choice.”
A native Californian born in 1970, Weston Riffle has been a vegan for over 20 years and is a mostly self-taught painter who describes himself as an anti-artist. His painting portrays the beauty and culture of California, specifically the southern and agricultural regions.
“I wish to express simple purity in desire, action, and hope, of the people and places I have known,” Riffle reflects. “The general theme is the struggle of the individual against forces not 
clearly understood. Form, composition, and color develop around the individual or situation I attempt to resolve or portray with each painting. Usually complex beginnings end in simple composition. A fatalistic view seems to be the result.”
Riffle’s paintings have been exhibited in solo and group shows throughout California, including the National Steinbeck Museum in Salinas, the William D. Cannon Art Gallery in Carlsbad, the Oceanside Museum of Art and the Gotthelf Gallery in La Jolla.
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