{"id":127081,"date":"2025-12-11T10:55:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T15:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=featured-work&#038;p=127081"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:51:12","slug":"landscapes-near-me","status":"publish","type":"featured-work","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/featured-work\/landscapes-near-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Landscapes Near Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-background-dim\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2780\" height=\"2775\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-127083\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands.jpeg\" style=\"object-position:49% 9%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"49% 9%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands.jpeg 2780w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-636x636.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-1024x1022.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-768x767.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-1536x1533.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-2048x2044.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-1002x1000.jpeg 1002w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-550x550.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-710x710.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2780px) 100vw, 2780px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Landscapes Near Me<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Works by Richard Raiselis<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\">JANUARY 20 \u2013 MARCH 6, 2026<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>808 Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph is-style-large\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p><em>Landscapes Near Me<\/em>&nbsp;by artist <strong>Richard Raiselis<\/strong> presents paintings created over three decades in and around Boston, from university studios to high-floor city views and the artist\u2019s suburban home. Working outdoors or beside expansive windows, Raiselis embraces shifting light, weather, and spontaneous encounters with nature to shape large, vivid works made directly from life. The exhibition highlights his commitment to color, atmosphere, and the sensory experience of place, enhanced at the 808 Gallery by natural north light that echoes the conditions in which the paintings were made.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay alignwide wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-thirds-3\">\n<div class=\"photo-3\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-15_resized-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-15_resized-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-15_resized-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-15_resized-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-15_resized-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-15_resized-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-15_resized-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-15_resized-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-15_resized-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-15_resized.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay alignwide wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-fourths-2-2\">\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2308_resized-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2308_resized-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2308_resized-636x442.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2308_resized-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2308_resized-1536x1068.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2308_resized-1439x1000.jpg 1439w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2308_resized.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2364_resized-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2364_resized-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2364_resized-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2364_resized-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2364_resized-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2364_resized-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2364_resized-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2364_resized-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2364_resized-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me_2364_resized.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay alignwide wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-square-s-s-s\">\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-13_resized-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-13_resized-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-13_resized-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-13_resized-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-13_resized-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-13_resized-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-13_resized-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-13_resized-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-13_resized-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-13_resized.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-16_resized-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-16_resized-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-16_resized-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-16_resized-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-16_resized-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-16_resized-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-16_resized-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-16_resized-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-16_resized-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-16_resized.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-2_resized-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-2_resized-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-2_resized-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-2_resized-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-2_resized-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-2_resized-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-2_resized-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-2_resized-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-2_resized-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Landscapes-Near-Me-2_resized.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-aside has-secondary-background\">\n<h2><strong>WORDS FROM THE ARTIST<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph is-style-dropcap-dimensional has-dropcap has-dropcap-color-secondary\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p><em>Landscapes Near Me<\/em> comprises a selection of pictures from four series of paintings that I completed during three decades of teaching and painting in Boston.&nbsp;I made the earliest paintings here on the BU campus in Warren Towers, Claflin Hall, the Photonics Building, in 855 studios and offices, and in my own studio on the third floor above the 808 Gallery.&nbsp; Later, thanks to the generosity of a few kind individuals, I had the privilege to work on high floors of three buildings in the Financial District.&nbsp;Two series of paintings from my home in the Boston suburbs round out this quartet.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I like to work on location at a large window, or better, outside in the sunshine under a blue sky.&nbsp;Painting outdoors directly from life engages all the senses and makes me feel alive. Changing light, temperature, and humidity require response. A herd of deer eating my plants, a dragonfly landing on my brush, or an owl silently slipping through the pines can shift attention and intention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay alignwide wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-square-2-s\">\n<div class=\"photo-2\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"824\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Winter-X-1024x824.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Winter-X-1024x824.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Winter-X-636x512.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Winter-X-768x618.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Winter-X-1536x1236.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Winter-X-2048x1648.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Winter-X-1243x1000.jpg 1243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Winter X<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-s\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1022\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-1024x1022.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-1024x1022.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-636x636.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-768x767.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-1536x1533.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-2048x2044.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-1002x1000.jpeg 1002w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-550x550.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-710x710.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Boston-and-the-harbor-islands-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Boston and the harbor islands<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-photoessay alignwide wp-block-photoessay js-block-editorial-photoessay\"><div class=\"photo-row-tall-1-1\">\n<div class=\"photo-1\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1019\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-On-That-December-Day-1019x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-On-That-December-Day-1019x1024.jpeg 1019w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-On-That-December-Day-633x636.jpeg 633w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-On-That-December-Day-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-On-That-December-Day-768x771.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-On-That-December-Day-1529x1536.jpeg 1529w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-On-That-December-Day-2039x2048.jpeg 2039w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-On-That-December-Day-995x1000.jpeg 995w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-On-That-December-Day-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">On That December Day<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-1\"><div class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Ixion-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-127084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Ixion-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Ixion-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Ixion-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Ixion-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Ixion-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Ixion-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Ixion-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Ixion-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Ixion-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Ixion-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Ixion-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Ixion-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/BU-Art-Galleries-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Ixion-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><p class=\"wp-block-photoessay-media-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Ixion<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Painting <em>Near Me<\/em> makes it easier to make large pictures that need months of work. Lugging gear, setting up, and cleaning up are all simplified.&nbsp;Travel time becomes painting time. And maybe best of all, the color outdoors is always more brilliant, saturated, and complex. For me, working outside stimulates memory, reflection, and emotion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am delighted that the 808 Gallery has glass window walls with a north light color spectrum broader than gallery flood lights alone. This lighting combination means that my paintings will appear to you as they appeared to me when I made them outside. Blues and violets will be richer, juxtaposed yellows and oranges a little softer, as I intended. I know that carefully calibrating hue and tonal relationships is my most promising path to expression. According to artist Paul Klee, \u201cColor is the place where our brain and the universe meet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>-Richard Raiselis<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Scene-at-BU-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Reception.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Scene-at-BU-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Reception.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Scene-at-BU-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Reception-636x425.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Scene-at-BU-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Reception-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Scene-at-BU-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Reception-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Scene-at-BU-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Reception-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Scene-at-BU-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Reception-1498x1000.jpg 1498w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Scene-at-BU-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Reception-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Scene-at-BU-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Reception-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/Scene-at-BU-Landscapes-Near-Me-Richard-Raiselis-Reception-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption>Katelyn Eveland (CAS28) (left) and Ellie Prudhoe (CAS27) attend the opening reception of &#8220;Richard Raiselis: Landscapes Near Me&#8221; in Gallery 808 on February 12th. 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https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/A-Room-with-a-View_Raiselis-feature-3-SP26-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"container-text\"><hr\/><div class=\"quote-sizing\">I like to work on location at a large window, or better, outside in the sunshine under a blue sky.\u00a0Painting outdoors directly from life engages all the senses and makes me feel alive. A herd of deer eating my plants, a dragonfly landing on my brush, or an owl silently slipping through the pines can shift attention and intention.<br\/><\/div><footer class=\"caption\"><br\/><em>-Richard Raiselis<\/em><\/footer><hr\/><\/div><\/div><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax alignfull has-content-box has-box-color-primary has-object-cover-center-middle is-style-content-right-overlay\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-media\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-background-image\"><\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-figure js-block-editorial-parallax-active\" data-rellax-speed=\"-5\" data-rellax-percentage=\"0.5\"><picture class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-picture\"><source media=\"(max-height: 480px)\" srcset=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/A-Room-with-a-View_Raiselis-feature-2-SP26-854x480.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(max-height: 720px)\" srcset=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/A-Room-with-a-View_Raiselis-feature-2-SP26-1280x720.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(max-height: 768px)\" srcset=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/A-Room-with-a-View_Raiselis-feature-2-SP26-1366x768.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-image wp-image-127240\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/A-Room-with-a-View_Raiselis-feature-2-SP26-1920x1080.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/A-Room-with-a-View_Raiselis-feature-2-SP26-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/A-Room-with-a-View_Raiselis-feature-2-SP26-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/A-Room-with-a-View_Raiselis-feature-2-SP26-992x558.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/A-Room-with-a-View_Raiselis-feature-2-SP26-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/A-Room-with-a-View_Raiselis-feature-2-SP26-1984x1116.jpg 1984w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/A-Room-with-a-View_Raiselis-feature-2-SP26-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/A-Room-with-a-View_Raiselis-feature-2-SP26-1366x768.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/A-Room-with-a-View_Raiselis-feature-2-SP26-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/12\/A-Room-with-a-View_Raiselis-feature-2-SP26-854x480.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/picture><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-content-outer\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-parallax-content-inner\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>A Room with a View<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5><em>CFA MAGAZINE FEATURE<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Painter and teacher Richard Raiselis has made his career by seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-button wp-block-bu-button bu-blocks-block-button is-style-accent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2025\/a-room-with-a-view-richard-raiselis\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-aside\">\n<h2>BOSTON UNIVERSITY ART GALLERIES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/bu-art-galleries\/current-upcoming-exhibitions\/\">current and upcoming exhibitions<\/a>, check out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/bu-art-galleries\/past-exhibitions\/\">past exhibitions<\/a>, and learn more&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/bu-art-galleries\/about-buag\/\">about gallery hours and events<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-button wp-block-bu-button bu-blocks-block-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/bu-art-galleries\/\">explore<\/a><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like to work on location at a large window, or better, outside in the sunshine under a blue sky.&nbsp;Painting outdoors directly from life engages all the senses and makes me feel alive. 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