These are slideshows of some of my work. If you click on one you will see all the thumbnails come up and you can click on individual pictures or watch the show!

I am currently living on a remote island in the Caribbean and working on St Thomas as the co- director to a non profit alternative art alliance called, sevenminusseven. below is an art bio and a simple explanation of what I do

The paintings appear over years or minutes, depends. Most of the work is combination of whatever is around from coffee, to asphaltum. The base is usually acrylic applied to canvas or paper. Each piece has gone through at least 3 stages.
Stage one is a perfectly normal painting. The next step is to paint it black, pour stuff on it or glue various things down or all three, usually all three. Then I sand it, paint it, scrape it with a fork or razor and start over till the painting appears.
This cycle is repeated many more times with variations depending on where I am and what’s in my wallet. I always see people and ducks who are really chickens. The chickens are still here, most the people are dead.
You will find stanzas of poems about the missing people and perhaps an errant chicken on the back of some of the paintings.
Painting saves me.

River Huston has been painting for 35 years. She is self taught in basements, hallways and bathrooms.

She combines her artwork with her career as a poet, performer, writer and motivational speaker.
River has exhibited at galleries in the New Hope, PA area including Phillips Mill and River Run Galleries. River’s paintings have also been exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and at several galleries in the carrribbean. She regularly exhibits at her performance venues which range from international conferences around the world to colleges, conferences and community centers.

Currently she has an exhibit at sevenminusseven art gallery in St Thomas ,Virgin Islands.

Her main influence comes from her writing. She is the author of three books of poetry, Jesus Never Lived Here, The Bones of Susan and In Which I Lost 1000 Pounds. In 1996 she was named Poet Laureate of Bucks County. She created The Goddess: A Guide to Feminine Wisdom to compliment her belief that fat is soft and all women are fun to touch.  Her book, A Positive Life: Portraits of Women Living With HIV was the recipient of The Dorthea Lange/ Paul Taylor Award and has been used in classrooms around the world.In 1995 Albright College honored her with a Doctorate of Humanities in recognition of her work in  the community. In 2009 she was honored with The Leeway Transformation Award in recognition of how her work has had an impact on society over the last two decades.

River lives on a remote island in the Caribbean with her feral cat, Cat.