CASEY CRIDDLE

Tetris wood scraps for life

I really miss this. New studio is almost done

This story is too serendipitous to not share. Sara at @foyer_gallery_rva sold my New Moon Compost painting to the loveliest woman with the most touching story. This is Cindy on the left, she’s a Richmond local and gardening lover. Last Friday was the 1st year anniversary of her mother’s death, Rose. Cindy was moved to tears over the metaphors of life and death within my compost painting. I can’t think of a more flattering and fulfilling moment and I don’t even have to be there to feel this connective energy. Just over the setting sun are two dried out roses that @mandragunziez gifted me years ago, he’s great at giving bouquets. It’s hard not to think that the roses hold roots that connect us all-love/grief/sadness/creation. This is quite literally how art transcends and does more than just exist. I’m so incredibly happy Cindy has this work in her home, it’s so much more than an exchange of goods.

My recent painting “Full Moon Compost” will be showing tomorrow at the ALL-IN show in the old Studio 23 space in Scott’s Addition!! I’m stoked for this all day, all in group show with music and food on 1400 Mactavish Ave. Richmond Va !!! 2pm-1am @allinartshow Hosted by: @jerrofyx and @prsmcat @irysrock , @jerrofyx , @stachesquatchdesign , @justicedwight , @veri_rare , @chrisvisions , @sillygenius , @nick_ghobashi , @c3k_photo , @truxdeluxe , @iimeaniiguess , @memersweets , @maspaz , @lets.rodeo , @derekrsetzer , @rapid.eyes , @monolithdc , @clc_glass , @nicocathcart , @_dkane , @nilsrva , @raw.sol , @wing.chow , @prsmcat , @humblemakesart , @allinartshow , @elimcmullen , @ian.c.hess , @thicketdesign , @86_twelve , @refinedcherrystills , @concannonglass , @seip.intuit , @gabe_erickson_art , @l0standw0ndering , @broadstreetbullies804 , @ryansflashstash

New Moon Compost Acrylic and urethane paint on panel 34x40”

“Post Break-Up Ducks” will be at FOYER GALLERY’S very first opening tonight! For First Friday’s on 16 West Broad street you can see Sara’s new gallery 6-9pm. She is hosting a group show- THIS MUST BE THE PLACE- an exhibition about home. I hope to see you there! @foyer_gallery_rva @saraptuttlestudio @benjahphotography @rvafirstfridays

Post Break-Up Ducks Acrylic on panel From a metaphorical sighting on the Little River in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia.

New Moon Compost at FOYER GALLERY @saraptuttlestudio is the sweetest woman!! ☺️❤️🤓🖥️ “This Must Be the Place” a group show on 16 w broad JUNE 6th 6-9pm @foyer_gallery_rva @saraptuttlestudio @benjahphotography

Break-Up Ducks 1 Acrylic on panel Available through @foyer_gallery_rva

Break-Up Duck 2 Acrylic on panel I typically create these elaborate sci-fi worlds in my head that I place my paintings in. It’s like a whole universe with multiple planets and many different worlds that set the scene for each moment. I always picture the location just before a human was there or minutes after they left. This is how I use my own personal experiences to build a macrocosm of existence. In reality this is the fantasy world that I operate in on a regular basis. I’m a master at escapism. My paintings are very clearly self portraits of my mind. Sometimes I try to hide the narrative with cryptic symbols and complex story lines and sometimes I make paintings about ducks that I saw on my solo break up trip to West Virginia, restart that relationship and literally make three completely transparent paintings about it for the masses to ogle at. Here is where I escape to when I’m in love, questioning love, confused, crying or horny. This natural landscape has the most romantic sunsets that fall upon the indifferent forest. For the forest will not answer your questions it will only remove the noise. The forest is strangely straight and sways in a way that makes you feel uneasy. The weather is extreme here but in captivating and sexy ways. Hail falls for short periods of time and then sun might step out just before she starts her rainbow display. It’s wet and mossy and you can walk from crispy sunlit air to a damp and cold nest in an instant. The constant jarring of the state of landscape mirrors the feeling of being in love with someone. This painting and all the Break-Up Ducks works will be on sale at @foyer_gallery_rva Group show on June 6th!! “This Must Be the Place” 16 West Broad Street

ALL IN 4TH EDITION June 14th A day of art and music at 1400 Mactavish Ave. Richmond, VA. Hosted by @jerrofyx and @prsmcat

Full Moon Compost Acrylic and automotive paint on panel 34”x40” This painting will be on sale at a pop up show on June 14th hosted by @jerrofyx and @prsmcat “All In-4th Edition” Thanks for the 📷 @benjahphotography