Don Griffin

About Don Griffin
Born in Washington, DC in 1941 and living in Baltimore, Maryland currently.
Categorically, I'm an African American Abstract Expressionist Artist actively creating Paintings, Collages & Assemblages. My work is developed
from the collage tradition which represents a state of mind for me. Cutting and pasting offers an exploration of interest which I like when incorporating painting techniques.

I'm compelled to examine the wholeness of art, as I must interact with making my own creative statements, mostly through "series". I do experience influences
from everything. Some creations, with my own "spin" applied, are indirect collaborations with other artists I admire. Other times I engage in mixed media work utilizing various scales to create a change of approach. The difficulty doesn't decrease with the reduced scale necessarily, and many times I find that small equals large. In the end, a new work is created that makes me happy, and that I also want share.

Studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland.

Gulf Coast Museum, Dishman Gallery, Port Arthur, Texas-Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina Pembroke- Pembroke, North Carolina.
Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Arizona-Grand Hand Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota-Beijing China Project, Beijing, China- Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, Maryland- Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, Texas-Marlboro Gallery, Prince George’s, Maryland-University of Baltimore Student Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland- AFP Exposition at the Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland-VSA Arts,Washington,DC-Huber Art Center, Ivan C, Karp, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania-Creative Alliance at The Patterson, Baltimore, Maryland-The Robeson Gallery, University Park, Pennsylvania- Artscape, Baltimore, Maryland-Decker Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, Maryland- Stocker Center Gallery, Elria, Ohio-Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland-Sassafras Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland-Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Cuyahoga Falls,Ohio-Government House, Annapolis, Maryland-Pleiades Gallery, New York, New York- Wickenden Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio-Howard County Arts Center, Doreen Bolger, Baltimore Museum of Art, Ellicott City, Maryland-The Stage Gallery, Merrick, New York- The Floating ...