Naomi Griffiths

I’m Naomi Griffiths, an emerging artist, and new to Saatchi Art (June 2025).

Primarily, I love to paint beautiful women (my ‘queens’) surrounded by greenery and flora, with the figure representing the ‘self’ and the plants representing the beauty and wonder of the natural world. If I’m not painting women, then often the subject will be a ‘fairy’ or ‘angel’ type figure, representing the spiritual self or soul, and this has been a recurrent theme in recent years as I’ve faced multiple bereavements. Many of my paintings consequently contain a human face or human-like face, through which I try to communicate thoughts, themes and emotions to the viewer through facial expression, body language, the use of symbols and the way each subject relates to her surroundings. Once someone asked me about of one of my paintings (Queen of Lights) “Why do I feel that she’s staring straight into my soul”? I couldn’t answer her in words, but I knew she understood my language.

My medium is exclusively watercolour, and themes of light and dark often play out in my work, representing goodness, order and hope versus evil, chaos and despair. I try to express beauty and grace in everything that I paint, despite the darker elements, as I want to create im...

Anyone can visit my gallery in Torquay England to view my whole range of Watercolour Originals and Giclee Prints. Interested parties are welcome to do a virtual visit with me online too. You can find me at Winter Queen Arts on Facebook or Instagram.