Primarily an abstract-based oil painter, his art is a mirror and projector of energies collected. With a departure point of landscape metaphor, River creates abstract and 3-dimensional artworks in his studios near Kelowna BC which speak from reactions and contemplation rather than literal depictions of physical subjects. Landscape as a metaphor relates the concept of the Journey toward a transient state of Belonging. The dynamic of a metamorphosing liquid equilibrium perpetuates that journey.

Standing in the rain is free.

River Lewis has exhibited across Canada, his paintings reside in collections in the U.S, Canada, and Germany.