 Portfolio of
Elsie Griffiths
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Artist Statement
Drawing and Painting gives me great pleasure.
From Early Childhood, drawing has been part of my life. Marriage, work, family and a lack of formal art training did deter me for several years, but a friend peaked my interest in oil paints and so began my love affair with art. It has been an interesting journey since then and I have dabbled in many of the various mediums, expressing them on paper or canvas.
When I begin to draw and paint, my whole being moves into another world. Colours and shapes take over and time has no boundaries for me. I see beauty in nature and in the things that surround me and I strive to capture them in an artistic way.
Producing what I see, feel, and create brings challenge and satisfaction. The style of my works are considered Representational, and it is this likeness of what I see before me or that I have retained in my memory that gives me the most satisfaction.
Biography
Elsie resides in Comox, B.C. surrounded by the majestic Comox Glacier, Goose Spit Regional Park, MacDonald Woods, Mack Lang Park and the picturesque Comox Bay.
Elsie has been painting and drawing for the past 25 years. Although primarily self-taught, she has attended workshops by Zolton Szabo, Harry Heine, David MacLagan, Joyce Kamikura, Gerrit Verstraete and Alan Wylie. Elsie also attended one of the Federation of Canadian Artists Salt Spring Island seminars. She is an active member of the F.C.A. and currently paints with the "Brushworks Painters" in Comox.
A successful gallery owner for many years, Elsie has also taught childrens, adults and senior citizens painting classes - in her gallery, at night school and through recreation programmes.
After selling the Lemon Tree Gallery, Elsie attended the Fine Arts programme at North Island College and studied under Brian Scott, Alan Burgess, David McLean and John Hooley where she fell in love with the printmaking process.
The scope of Elsie's work now includes oils, watercolours, acrylics, drawings, etching, monotypes and mixed medium.
Elsie, a founding member of the Originals Only art group, has participated in group shows at the Muir Gallery, Pearl Ellis Gallery, Filberg Lodge, in juried shows on Vancouver Island and Vancouver and has had one person shows at the Pearl Ellis Gallery. In the Fall of 2007, she will have a two person show, "Painterly Printmaking", at the Pearl Ellis Gallery in Comox. Her work is in private collections in Canada, USA, Europe and Japan.
Shows
Members Show
Pearl Ellis Gallery Comox
October 2 to October 22
"Painterly Printmaking" - Elsie Griffiths & Ruth Dickson
Monotypes, etchings, chine colle, silk screen, etc.
Pearl Ellis Gallery, Comox
October 24 to November 12, 2007
Federation of Canadian Artists
Small Picture Show
November 17 & 18
Filberg Heritage Lodge, Comox, B.C.
The Brushworks Art Show & Sale
November 14 to December 3, 2007
Pearl Ellis Gallery, Comox, B.C.
Galleries
Comox Valley Art Gallery Gift Shop
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