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

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, Milleau, 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



>>Click here to go to the Art Gallery NSW workshops




Weekend Workshops 2012

Art Gallery Society of NSW
24-26 Feb 2012: Ways of Abstracting 1
13-15 Apr 2012: Free Form Portraiture
24-26 Aug 2012: Coastal Landscapes
12-14 Oct 2012: Ways of Abstracting 2
23-25 Nov 2012: Free Form Figure Painting and Drawing

>>Click here to download details


Other Workshops 2012

Canberra Artists Society
9-13 Jan 2012: Tel Maria Bendall 62542906 / 0419 625 005 or email bendallm@tpg.com.au

Carcoar Arts Retreat
24-25 Mar 2012: Tel Andrew and Jane 02 6367 3290

Cairns Art Escape
16-20 Jul 2012

Queanbeyan Art Society
12-12 Aug 2012: Tel Cheryl Hill 02 4845 6330 or email cherylc@skymesh.com.au

Haddon Rig, Warren, NSW
DATES TO BE ADVISED: Tel Jude Fleming 0419 473 075 or 02 6847 3075


>>Click here to download details


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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