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Michael
Griffith's paintings reflect the human spirit, in all its varied
manifestations and emphasizing private moments of personal
intimacy. Each instance reflects an emotional complexity of life,
often revealed in subtle posture and gesture.
Recent exhibition: March 15, 2007-through August 15
40 paintings at California State Public Utilities Commission Bldg
505 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco
To contact artist-- 415 407 0303
Email:4mgriffith@gmail.com
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Portraying the human spirit has been my
passion for over 40 years, and
I have worked in various media to
express what I see and feel. Rather than become overly distraught
over inhuman violence and politics, I focus on the hope inherent
in humanity.
Occasionally I work with more
extreme stylistic appriaches, but most often I return to a representational tone, as reflected in these images...
These paintings are taken from the
figurative portion of my collection, and represent a mixture of work from live
drawings, sketches, and photographs, many from abroad. I experience the
universality of human experience, in all its beauty and magic, as well as its more
raw states, and these are the kind of qualities I attempt to convey in my paintings.
I work at my studio at Hunters’ Point,
where I follow my muse and have shown only at Open Studios for two
decades. I have had paintings included in several competitions
around California, but have not made an attempt to publicize my art
until now,
and have not actively marketed my work in the past. Just now these paintings are becoming available for purchase.
If you have questions, please call
my studio at 415 822 8725 or send
email to mrggrif@pacbell.net.
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more images in following web pages
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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Born 1944, Stockton, California.
Raised in rural small town, majoring in sports and girls.
EDUCATION:
- BA Zoology, UC Berkeley, 1965.
- DDS
UCSF 1969
- FIRST
PAINTING 1969.
- MS UCSF
1971
- MA CIIS—counseling
psychology 1985
- MFT 1991
Creating art for 40 years, my art education has been self-directed, with
studies
at SFAI,
CCAC, life drawing with Ralph McNeill, and
numerous other workshops.
Painting Studio Hunter’s Point since 1989.
20
open studio exhibits.
Numerous exhibits and showings in SF bay area, as well as...
Palm
Springs Desert Museum,
1998--selected in one month group show.
"Beauty Heals the Shul", Benefit for Restorative Justice
Paradise Ridge winery Santa Rosa CA.2007
Private two person show in Berkeley
residence, Kaufman’s Art Salon.
Bodega Bay group show for 1 month, juried by curator Oakland
Museum,1999
SF resident since 1965, married, with grown children.
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