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Melora Griffis
her crown
2018

About the Item

Melora Griffis’ “her crown” is a small 11 x 11 inch oil painting on metal tray in a palette of olive green, creamy white, pale green and a brushes of tender pink. Part of her gesturally expressive series of small scale paintings on found metal trays, this piece is composed in the tradition of conventional portraiture, with the sitter posed to gaze out at the viewer. Regal, the sitter’s crown is rendered in negative space, showing the metal support. This contrast of rough surface texture and smooth, creamy paint creates visual tension. Painterly brushstrokes define a high, white collar, the pale green shadows on the subject’s cheeks, her pale pink lips and her large expressive eyes. Griffis states, “authentic expression is the consistent through line in my work,” and her paintings take on a metaphorical quality, of memory, desire and perhaps even the mystical. In his ARTnews review of Griffis' solo exhibition at 571 Projects NYC, critic Doug McClemont wrote, "With their (...) dramatic use of color, Griffis' works conveyed the impression that memories and retellings can be strangely cloaked and yet, nevertheless, poignant.” A native New Yorker, Griffis received her BFA from The Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts (Montpelier, VT). She has had solo exhibitions at the Pamela Williams Gallery (Amagansett, NY), Lizan Tops Gallery and AE Gallery (both East Hampton, NY), Whitney Art Works (Greenport, NY), The Re Institute (Millerton, NY) and 571 Projects (New York, NY). Her work has been included in group shows at Edward Thorp Gallery (New York, NY), White Columns (New York, NY), Bowman/Bloom Gallery (New York, NY), Michael Steinberg (New York, NY), Silas Marder (Bridgehampton, NY), Ille Arts, (Amagansett, NY), Sara Nightingale Gallery, (Sag Harbor, NY) and Boltax Gallery (Shelter Island, NY) among others. Griffis has received fellowships from Le Moulin à Nef (Auvillar, France), Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus (Schwandorf, Germany), the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, (Ithaca, NY), Schloss Pluschow (Mecklenberg-Vorpommern, Germany), The Edward F. Albee Foundation (Montauk, NY) and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (Amherst, VA). Melora Griffis lives and works in New York City.

Creator:
Melora Griffis (American)
Creation Year:
2018
Dimensions:
Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 11 in (27.94 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
Medium:
Metal,Oil
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Stowe, VT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU56033783681

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