First Fridays-Open Studio

Fatsip Studio is open on First Fridays from 5-7:30pm. Come view Weston Riffle's new paintings and some in progress.
Riffle’s paintings have been exhibited in solo and group shows and permanent collections throughout California including, the National Steinbeck Museum in Salinas, the William D. Cannon Art Gallery, the Oceanside Museum of Art, Gotthelf Gallery in La Jolla, Borrego Art Institute and an upcoming solo exhibition at the Santa Paula Art Museum in 2028 through 2029. In June 2025, his work will be on display at a solo exhibition at the Poway Center for Performing Arts and at Carruth Cellars in Liberty Station. He is represented by Golden Pine Gallery in Idyllwild CA.

"In style and subject matter Weston Riffle's work brings to mind the social realism movement that had its heyday in America and Mexico between the two world wars-a realism that both celebrated working people and critiqued the socio-economic and political forces that create inequality. At first glance, the brilliantly colored paintings of farm workers and fishermen seem to be simply celebrations of California rural life- and they certainly are that -until we notice the hidden faces and the repetition of identical figures. It is as if the farm workers in their anonymity are just so many interchangeable parts in a larger machine. Or perhaps the repetitive nature of their back-breaking work has rubbed the individuality out of them. The political makes itself known through the personal."
Deborah M. Williams-Fresh Paint Gallery-La Jolla CA

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