Local Abstract Artist to be Featured in Edgmont Gallery

Media-born abstract artist Chris Niedland will have his works featured at Edgmont's Beauty Gallery from April 26 to June 10.  The exhibit, titled "Perpetual Motion," features "exuberant colors and energetic patterns that engage the viewer," a gallery press release states.

Born in Media in 1966, Niedland still lives locally, now residing in Wayne. According to the press release,

Niedland is a self-taught artist and began painting professionally in 1991 while employed as an architect. Late in 2003, he left architecture to pursue painting full-time.

His painting style evolved out of an initial experiment in "automatic" painting, originally inspired by the "automatic" writings of the surrealist André Breton. Niedland's paintings are "automatic" in that he approaches each canvas without preconception as to how it should look when finished. He paints quickly, without revision, working from his subconscious, improvising like a jazz musician does with music.  

More than 100 of Niedland's paintings are showcased in private and corporate collections, both in the United States and beyond, including Belgium, Canada, England, France, Greece, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Poland, Puerto Rico, and Spain.

The public is welcome to attend an artist's reception on Thursday April 26 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the gallery, located at 3857 Providence Rd., Suite 200 Newtown Square.

This press release was provided by Beauty Art Gallery.