The Art of Bonnie Griffith

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ARTIST STATEMENT:

When I was a kid growing up in Central Montana on a remote cattle ranch, a few things were pretty important – drawing pictures, reading books and riding horses. I would spend lots of hours in the evenings drawing horses, people and wildlife with whatever medium I could get my hands on. My mother was an oil painter and illustrator. I decided that I was also, and proved that by always getting into her art supplies and creating something. I am sure she was exasperated with me, but always gave encouragement and critique.

My work has evolved and is representational of the northwest. It is about COLOR! I focus on landscape and work almost exclusively in dry “chalk” pastel. I tend to “push” color and to illustrate a lot of texture. I want the viewer to be able to “walk into” that painting, feel the warmth of the sun on a fall day, the cold of the snow on an early morning as the sun rises, smell the grasses and grains, and feel the humidity of the hot day along a stream. To enter that painting and get lost in it, even for a minute – is to enjoy it.

Roads, streams and fields with shadows, clouds and a sense of atmosphere are expressed in a major part of my work that renders the northwest in pastel.

Keep up with my new work and inspirations on Facebook
or on my blog at bgriffithatcrookedcreekarts.blogspot.com

Galleries:

Moccasin Mountain Gallery, Lewistown, MT

Kelly Gallery on Main, Joseph, OR

Raphael’s Restaurant, Pendleton, OR

Wenaha Gallery, Dayton, WA

Whitman Cellars, Walla Walla, WA

Crooked Creek Studio, Walla Walla, WA

Shows:

Willow Gallery, Walla Walla, WA, April-May 2010

Studio Open House, 2nd weekend of November 2010

Allied Arts solo exhibit March 2011

Studio: 938 Mountain Park Drive, Walla Walla, WA 99362

Web: www.BonnieGriffith.com
Email: bzgriff@charter.net
Phone: 509.301.1188

Link to PDF of Bonnie Griffith's page in the Winter Edition of The NW Gallery Collection
Link to PDF of The Winter Edition of The NW Gallery Collection