Beautiful and Violent Rising – Original Framed Abstract Collector Artwork by Erin McGrath Rieke
About This Artwork
Beautiful and Violent Rising is an original acrylic work from my Turbulence Behind Tranquility series. Created in black on archival paper, it explores the force required to rise from devastation and the complicated beauty of survival.
Black paint moves upward across the surface with energy that feels deliberate and uncontrolled. The composition suggests smoke, a body in motion, or something emerging before it has fully taken shape. Its ascent is not quiet. It carries the violence and momentum of becoming.
Recovery is often described as though it were a graceful return. My experience has been less orderly. Transformation can require dismantling identities built for survival. It may involve surrendering what once offered protection before anything new is ready to replace it.
Beautiful and Violent Rising honors that difficult ascent. It sees resilience not as remaining untouched, but as the raw and ongoing act of becoming.
Artwork Details
Artist: Erin McGrath Rieke
Title: Beautiful and Violent Rising
Medium: Acrylic on archival paper
Image Size: 8 W × 10 H in
Framed Size: 11 W × 14 H × 2 D in
Style: Contemporary Abstract Expressionism
Palette: Black and white
Subject: Transformation, survival, recovery, emotional resilience
Series: Turbulence Behind Tranquility
Original Artwork: One-of-a-kind
Frame: Included; professionally matted and framed
Original Collector Artwork
This is a singular, one-of-a-kind work created by Erin McGrath Rieke. Its original brushwork, archival-paper surface, and physical construction exist only in this artwork. Any future prints will be clearly identified as reproductions.
A signed certificate of authenticity documenting the title, medium, dimensions, series, and original status of the work is included with the purchase.
Additional Information
Beautiful and Violent Rising explores mental illness, trauma, recovery, and resilience through abstraction rather than literal illustration. The black-and-white palette creates a stark exchange between destruction and renewal, darkness and emergence.
The work allows difficult emotions to exist without explanation or resolution. Viewers are invited to bring their own histories to the image and their own understanding of what it has required to rise.
Collector Price
$475 with shipping included
The price includes the original artwork, professional mat and frame, signed certificate of authenticity, protective packing, handling, insurance, and standard ground delivery within the contiguous United States.
Shipping and Local Pickup
The listed price includes standard insured delivery from St. Louis to one address within the contiguous United States. Expedited transportation or unusual delivery requirements may require an additional charge arranged with the collector before shipment.
Complimentary local pickup is available in the St. Louis area by prior arrangement. Shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, and international destinations must be arranged and quoted separately.
Fine-Art Prints
Open-edition archival prints of Beautiful and Violent Rising may be offered separately. Prints are reproductions and do not include the original artwork’s frame or certificate of authenticity.
Beautiful and Violent Rising – Original Framed Abstract Collector Artwork by Erin McGrath Rieke
About This Artwork
Beautiful and Violent Rising is an original acrylic work from my Turbulence Behind Tranquility series. Created in black on archival paper, it explores the force required to rise from devastation and the complicated beauty of survival.
Black paint moves upward across the surface with energy that feels deliberate and uncontrolled. The composition suggests smoke, a body in motion, or something emerging before it has fully taken shape. Its ascent is not quiet. It carries the violence and momentum of becoming.
Recovery is often described as though it were a graceful return. My experience has been less orderly. Transformation can require dismantling identities built for survival. It may involve surrendering what once offered protection before anything new is ready to replace it.
Beautiful and Violent Rising honors that difficult ascent. It sees resilience not as remaining untouched, but as the raw and ongoing act of becoming.
Artwork Details
Artist: Erin McGrath Rieke
Title: Beautiful and Violent Rising
Medium: Acrylic on archival paper
Image Size: 8 W × 10 H in
Framed Size: 11 W × 14 H × 2 D in
Style: Contemporary Abstract Expressionism
Palette: Black and white
Subject: Transformation, survival, recovery, emotional resilience
Series: Turbulence Behind Tranquility
Original Artwork: One-of-a-kind
Frame: Included; professionally matted and framed
Original Collector Artwork
This is a singular, one-of-a-kind work created by Erin McGrath Rieke. Its original brushwork, archival-paper surface, and physical construction exist only in this artwork. Any future prints will be clearly identified as reproductions.
A signed certificate of authenticity documenting the title, medium, dimensions, series, and original status of the work is included with the purchase.
Additional Information
Beautiful and Violent Rising explores mental illness, trauma, recovery, and resilience through abstraction rather than literal illustration. The black-and-white palette creates a stark exchange between destruction and renewal, darkness and emergence.
The work allows difficult emotions to exist without explanation or resolution. Viewers are invited to bring their own histories to the image and their own understanding of what it has required to rise.
Collector Price
$475 with shipping included
The price includes the original artwork, professional mat and frame, signed certificate of authenticity, protective packing, handling, insurance, and standard ground delivery within the contiguous United States.
Shipping and Local Pickup
The listed price includes standard insured delivery from St. Louis to one address within the contiguous United States. Expedited transportation or unusual delivery requirements may require an additional charge arranged with the collector before shipment.
Complimentary local pickup is available in the St. Louis area by prior arrangement. Shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, and international destinations must be arranged and quoted separately.
Fine-Art Prints
Open-edition archival prints of Beautiful and Violent Rising may be offered separately. Prints are reproductions and do not include the original artwork’s frame or certificate of authenticity.
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