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Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 60 W x 30 H x 1.5 D in
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ABOUT THE ARTWORK
This mixed-media painting is part of a series about aspects of the water cycle impacted by climate change. My work juxtaposes manmade geometry with organic natural forms. Each piece has a light and dark side and a bifurcation that references the disruption of a natural cycle by human activity. Each painting is literally made out of the landscape which it’s about. I use dyes and tannins from tree bark, leaves, and walnut husks; pigments from charcoal, mud, and vintage barbed wire; and wood salvaged from construction sites or wildfires. I capture plant forms using cyanotype chemistry, the same process used to make blueprints in the nineteenth century. To this bright blue foundation I add a second layer of botanical forms using a technique I discovered of making a primitive image by manipulating the wicking properties of certain dyes. Then I build up layers of natural toners, dyes and pigments, along with acrylic paint to achieve a more three-dimensional image. These subtle layers reveal themselves gradually with extended viewing. I try to create meditative works that beckon you to pause and reflect on the greater mysteries that underlie the natural world and our relationship to it. This work is a diptych consisting of two 30x30 inch panels that can be hung vertically, horizontally, or separately. No frames are necessary since all edges are painted and reveal the underlying layers of the process.
Original Created:
2021
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DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
Multi-paneled Painting:
Acrylic on Canvas
Original:
One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:
60 W x 30 H x 1.5 D in
Number of Panels:
2
Frame:
Not Framed
Ready to Hang:
Not applicable
Packaging:
Ships in a Crate
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United States.
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BD Griffith
United States
BD Griffith experiments with basic tools in multiple media to pursue work that is simultaneously simple yet profound. His work is held in museum collections including the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Center for Creative Photography, and Fort Wayne Museum of Art. He has exhibited widely, with 12 solo exhibitions including the Fresno Art Museum, HIgh Desert Museum, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, and Griffin Museum of Photography; numerous small-group shows including the Phoenix Art Museum and University of Arizona Museum of Art; and dozens of awards from America’s best art fairs. Griffith has been featured in Slate, Black & White, Arizona Highways, Photo District News, Diffusion, AZ Lifestyle, Phoenix New Times, and the Arizona Daily Sun. Before becoming an artist, Griffith earned a degree in engineering and built a successful career with an international management consulting firm, but found his job unfulfilling and was troubled by the environmental impact of his clients. He ultimately resigned to follow his conscience. In order to pursue art full-time, he adopted a simple nomadic life, camping out of an old van and saving every dime for gas and supplies. When Griffith’s van broke down in Flagstaff, Arizona, he fell in love with the mountain town—and then his wife—and has called it home ever since. In 2016, Griffith received the Flagstaff Arts Council's Viola Award, the city’s highest honor for arts achievement, and was recognized by the Phoenix Art Museum with a Contemporary Forum Artist Grant.
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