"'Hildur'" Painting

Explosive yet pensive. Visceral yet cerebral. There's a raw physicality to nearly all of Anthony Griffis' works, coupled with a restless intelligence. As one gallery director says, 'Anthony's work displays a sophisticated control of mark-making that takes the work beyond surface superficiality and decoration, into the realm of deep physicality.' Another says, 'Never fussy or over-worked, Anthony's work is full of a joyous surge of emotion.' Whether it's pouring black coffee and red wine over textured paper, or layering thick swipes of paint on canvas, Griffis' work is all the result of a painstaking editing process. Every mark has been questioned, every daub has had to justify itself, or else be obliterated. That process is obvious in the finished works, with previous layers still partly visible. Griffis adds and subtracts, until everything on the canvas co-exists with the desired depth and intensity.