So Much Left Unsaid – Original Large-Scale Mixed-Media Collector Painting by Erin McGrath Rieke
About This Artwork
So Much Left Unsaid is a large-scale mixed-media painting created in 2023 during a period of grief. Vintage musical scores, pages from novels, personal journal fragments, and portions of earlier artwork are embedded within layers of acrylic paint.
Words, notation, and remnants of other images surface briefly before disappearing again. The composition reflects the way memory behaves after loss. Some details remain vivid. Others become obscured, rearranged, or impossible to recover.
The painting holds what grief so often leaves behind: unfinished conversations, unexpressed emotion, and the quiet persistence of memory.
Artwork Details
Artist: Erin McGrath Rieke
Title: So Much Left Unsaid
Year Created: 2023
Medium: Acrylic paint, vintage musical scores, novel pages, personal journal fragments, repurposed original artwork, and collage materials on canvas
Artwork Size: 48 W × 48 H × 2 D in
Style: Contemporary Abstract / Mixed-Media Abstraction
Subject: Grief, memory, absence, personal narrative
Series: Untamed
Original Artwork: One-of-a-kind
Frame: Not included
Original Collector Artwork
This is a singular, one-of-a-kind artwork created by Erin McGrath Rieke. The original painting will never be reproduced at its full 48 × 48-inch dimensions.
A signed certificate of authenticity documenting the title, year, medium, dimensions, and original status of the work is included with the purchase.
Additional Information
So Much Left Unsaid is part of my Untamed series, a body of work exploring memory, identity, emotional inheritance, and the narratives we carry forward.
The reclaimed materials are not decorative additions. Each entered the painting with a history of its own. Layering, obscuring, and recovering these fragments became a way of confronting what could no longer be said and creating meaning from what remained.
Collector Price
$7,800 with shipping included
The price reflects the painting’s original collector status, large scale, material complexity, and place within the Untamed series.
Shipping and Local Pickup
The listed price includes professional packing or crating, handling, insurance, and standard ground or freight delivery from St. Louis to one address within the contiguous United States.
White-glove service, installation, unusual access requirements, or expedited transportation 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 So Much Left Unsaid may be offered separately in dimensions smaller than the original painting. Prints are reproductions and do not include the original artwork’s certificate of authenticity.
So Much Left Unsaid – Original Large-Scale Mixed-Media Collector Painting by Erin McGrath Rieke
About This Artwork
So Much Left Unsaid is a large-scale mixed-media painting created in 2023 during a period of grief. Vintage musical scores, pages from novels, personal journal fragments, and portions of earlier artwork are embedded within layers of acrylic paint.
Words, notation, and remnants of other images surface briefly before disappearing again. The composition reflects the way memory behaves after loss. Some details remain vivid. Others become obscured, rearranged, or impossible to recover.
The painting holds what grief so often leaves behind: unfinished conversations, unexpressed emotion, and the quiet persistence of memory.
Artwork Details
Artist: Erin McGrath Rieke
Title: So Much Left Unsaid
Year Created: 2023
Medium: Acrylic paint, vintage musical scores, novel pages, personal journal fragments, repurposed original artwork, and collage materials on canvas
Artwork Size: 48 W × 48 H × 2 D in
Style: Contemporary Abstract / Mixed-Media Abstraction
Subject: Grief, memory, absence, personal narrative
Series: Untamed
Original Artwork: One-of-a-kind
Frame: Not included
Original Collector Artwork
This is a singular, one-of-a-kind artwork created by Erin McGrath Rieke. The original painting will never be reproduced at its full 48 × 48-inch dimensions.
A signed certificate of authenticity documenting the title, year, medium, dimensions, and original status of the work is included with the purchase.
Additional Information
So Much Left Unsaid is part of my Untamed series, a body of work exploring memory, identity, emotional inheritance, and the narratives we carry forward.
The reclaimed materials are not decorative additions. Each entered the painting with a history of its own. Layering, obscuring, and recovering these fragments became a way of confronting what could no longer be said and creating meaning from what remained.
Collector Price
$7,800 with shipping included
The price reflects the painting’s original collector status, large scale, material complexity, and place within the Untamed series.
Shipping and Local Pickup
The listed price includes professional packing or crating, handling, insurance, and standard ground or freight delivery from St. Louis to one address within the contiguous United States.
White-glove service, installation, unusual access requirements, or expedited transportation 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 So Much Left Unsaid may be offered separately in dimensions smaller than the original painting. Prints are reproductions and do not include the original artwork’s certificate of authenticity.
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