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Artist Statement:
My oil paintings are
meditations triggered by
places or situations in my
memory, arrived at through a
sort of daydreaming state of
mind. I attempt to evoke that
mood in the handling of the
formal elements of the
painting, especially the color
and the perspectival point of
view. I wish to create both a
believable place and the sense
of something more significant
behind it. The viewer, in
contact with the painting and
their own memories, may then
project into the space and
experience the significance
that I sensed.
This approach has led me to an
interest in souvenirs. I see
them as an attempt to capture
a special place or experience
in concrete or symbolic form.
By doing paintings of my own
remembered places and
experiences, I have been
following a parallel path. I
like the comparison with one
purpose of art.
I use borders in some of the
paintings to function
simultaneously as framing
devices and as an arena in
which to create a dialogue
with the internal painting.
The borders also extend the
meaning of the internal
subject. Memories often
consist of simultaneous
kaleidoscopic vignettes that,
in combination, embody the
whole, original experience.
Each vignette is also ...
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Collections:
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Collection, Main branch and
Northeast branch, Columbus,
OH.
Huntington Bank Collection,
Huntington Bank Building,
Columbus, OH.
Purchase Award, Warner Hall
Collection, Carnegie-Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, PA,
1981.
Private collections including
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John W. Wolfe,Columbus OH
Macy & Shirley Block, Dublin,
OH
LoAnn Crane, Columbus, OH
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Commissions:
I have done a number of
private commissions. Several
works that were done on
commission are included in my
portfolio-See "Coney Island",
"Men and the Sea" and
"Columbus Power"
My approach to commissions has
been to discuss a client's
ideas and expectations to see
if they suggest an ...
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Exhibitions for Carol Griffith:
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EXHIBITIONS
OH +5 Juried Exhibition, Dairy Barn Gallery, Athens, OH
125 th Centennial Wall to Wall Exhibition, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
Invitational, 20/20, Schumacher Gallerry, Capital University, Columbbus OH
Ohio Watercolor Society 25th Annual Exhibition & Traveling Exhibit, Sardinia, OH & 5 other Ohio cities
Invitational, "Will", Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Invitational, "The Object Considered: Still lifes in OH, IN & IL'", Canzani Gallery, CCAD, Columbus, OH, & South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN & Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH.
Still-life Show, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH
Five -person show, "Landscape: As We See It", Gallery B, Lancaster, OH
Six-person show, "Patterns," Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
Faculty Exhibition, Canzani Gallery, CCAD, Columbus, OH (8th show)
Columbus Art League’s Spring Museum Show, Columbus, OH (4th year)
Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA (9 th & 10th year)
Ohio State Fair Professional Juried Exhibition, Columbus, OH (15th & 16th years)
Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH 5th & 6th years)
6 person show, Finance fund Gallery, Columbus, OH
Art for Life, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Two-person show, “Painted Narratives”, LCAA Gallery, Newark, OH
One-person show, “Parade Paintings”, Harvey Hall, Clarion Univ. of PA, Clarion, PA
“7 Meanings, 7 Ways”, Studio B Gallery, Lancaster, OH
Seven Points of View, Canzani Gallery, CCAD,Columbus, OH
Carol Griffith’s Parade Paintings, Laura Paul Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Ten Year Gallery Retrospective, Rosewood Arts Centre, Kettering,OH
One-woman show, Mount Vernon Nazarene College, Mount Vernon, OH
Two-person show, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
Seven-person show, Machine Shop Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
“Heroes and Victims”, Katz and Dawgs Gallery, Columbus, OH
Invited Artist of Art Gallery Fushimi, Art Expo, Nagoya, Japan
Two-person show, Licking County Art Association Gallery, Newark, OH
Four-person show, “Urban, Suburban and Rural Landscapes”, Edinboro Univ. of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
One-woman show, “On the Border”, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, PA
Two-person show, “Borderline Paintings”, Bunte Gallery, Franklin University, Columbus, OH
One-woman show, “On the Border”, Ann Arbor Art Association Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
Four-person show, “Exlepsicfunkstapositum”, Race Street Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
One-woman show, “On the Border”, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Two-person show, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Three-person show, “Personal Repetitions”, Alabama State Univ. Gallery, Montgomery, AL
Invitational, “The Board Chooses”, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH
Women’s History Invitational, Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
One-woman show, Rosewood Art Centre Gallery, Kettering, OH
Two-person Exhibition, Herndon House , Westerville, OH
Huntington 280, Huntington Art Museum, Huntington, WV (3 years)
One-woman show, Hawthorne Gallery, Columbia, MO
MFA Thesis Show, Siegfred Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH
W & J National Painting Show, Washington & Jefferson Col., Washington, PA (2 years)
Provincetown Art Museum National Painting Show, Provincetown, MA
Gallery 200 December & Fall Group Shows, Columbus, OH
Pittsburgh Plan for Art New Talent Invitational, Pittsburgh, PA
Small Works National, Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY
Great Lakes Regional Art Exhibition, Cleveland, OH
Forbes Street Gallery Juried Show, Pittsburgh, PA
AWARDS
Juror's Choice Award, 65th Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH 2001
Award of Distinction, Ohio Watercolor Society 25th Annual Exhibition,
Individual Artist’s Fellowship, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH, 1998
Best of Show Award, Ohio State Fair Professional Juried Exhibition, Columbus, OH, 1997
Foley Gallery Award, 1993, 2000.
Merit Awards 1990, 1989, 1985, & 1982.
Glass Axis Multi-media Grant, Columbus, OH. 1995
Ohio Arts Council Award, Huntington 280, Huntington Art Museum. Huntington, WV, 1987.
Best of Show and First Place Award in Professional Division.
Bi-County Artist’s ALF Art Show, Clarion, PA, 1985.
First Place in Professional Division,1981.
Martin B. Leisser Summer Activities Award, Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, 1981
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