Investigation, Influences and Distractions

The art of Peter Griffen is influenced as much by the classical painting of the Renaissance as by the serendipity of abstract expressionism.
Indigenous art from different parts of the world (in particular Australia) and its relationship to the natural landscape influence his work also, producing powerful abstract images that speak from the past.


Recent Work

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News

Book Now Available - peter griffen in and out of abstraction



In this book....

"I wish to accompany many of my images with a comment, perhaps an explanation, or simply thoughts that come to me in a random way....I will open the gates a little more for the viewer to see better and understand (my work and abstraction) somewhat more clearly...."
Foreword by Stephen Wilson, Master of Fine Arts, University of NSW.

88 pages - 83 colour photographs with text

Published by la Fabrique - Price $44.45



Peter Griffen was recently featured on ABCs Landline:
Desert Dauber - Landline - ABC TV
This year thousands of tourists have flocked to the remote desert country where Queensland New South Wales and South Australia meet to see some of the nations great wild rivers in flow...
>>click here to read the article and see the video.


Exhibitions 2012

Grenfell Art Gallery, NSW
28 Feb - 31 Mar 2012: Two person exhibition with Denise Lithgow


Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
20 - 23 Feb 2012: Book Launch, "In and Out of Abstraction"


Art Feeling, Millau, France
June 2012 (exact dates to be announced): Two person exhibition


Muswellbrook Regional Gallery, NSW
15 Jun - 31 Jul 2012: Two person exhibition with Dagmar Cyrulla. Themed on the "figure"


Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW
17 Aug - 29 Sep 2012: Solo exhibition


NERAM, Armidale, NSW
18 Nov 2012 - 1 Feb 2013: Solo exhibition





Peter recently donated his painting, "Across Fox Creek", to the Adelaide Club Sydney to help raise funds for the Adelaide Childrens Hospital. It was auctioned and he is seen here with Neil Watson, who successfuly made the winning bid.


Articles
Biographical Notes by Earl de Blonville.
Kung-Ring-Gai Art Society - March 2010
Independent Weekly 4th Sept 2007.
Canberra Times 2004, by Sasha Grishin, PhD, Art Historian, Australian National University and art critic for the Canberra Times.


About

Peter Griffen, born in Adelaide in 1948, and now working as a full time artist in Sydney, first exhibited in 1972 and has since had over fifty solo showings throughout Australia, five in London, four in Paris, two in St.Tropez, one in Lyon and one in New Zealand.

Griffen is represented by a galleries throughout Australia and in Copenhagen and by agents in UK and France. His work has been exhibited in art fairs in Europe, UK, Canada and Asia. He exhibits widely in group exhibitions, has been commissioned several times and his work has been acquired for private, public and corporate collections in Australia and overseas.
portrait of peter griffen
photo by Earl de Blonville

Peter Griffen works and lives in his studio and also enjoys working en plein air in various parts of the world, especially in the outback of Australia.

Supported by:

Matisse Derivan Paints
Charles Sturt University Winery
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