Cary Griffiths
4458 Edgreware Lane, Salt Lake City, Utah
USA (United States)
Kunstart: Malerei
Stil: Abstrakt
Vita / Lebenslauf:
Artist’s Statement:
I ordinarily paint to the sound of music playing. As a painter I see and hear a bridge between the beauty of music and that of abstract art. When I paint I almost always feel a beat, a rhythm in what I am painting. Often a melody as well. As I paint I feel lifted, and lyrical. I think the variety of form, color, and content in my work reflects that I hear and feel what I paint. I have been working on creating a visual image of music as a path by which a viewer is able to move into this exquisitely expressive style of modern abstract.
I am developing a body of melodic abstractions. Therefore, I have titled some of my abstracts musically. Primarily, I leave the interpretation of this art, and the journey into it, to the viewer, believing that each person views art in his or her own way; however, the musical titles may be a nudge onto the bridge. Although in the past I have created considerable realism and surrealism, I have begun to focus primarily on modern abstract art because I believe it lends itself so magnificently to every expression of life, and to an appreciation by the viewer, who comes to it with all of the accumulation of her or his own life experiences. In the melody of modern abstract art, s/he may see, and hear, emotional content - pathos, joy, fury, forgiveness, betrayal, love. My vision is to create the peace that comes from finding that relationship with abstract painting which is borne of recognition, catharsis and, finally, solace.
Philosophy of Art:
Modern abstract art is … is color, form and movement.
I believe that the function of the artist is to be present, and all-embracing. Art can, and should, be done for all, and by all. For me, art for art’s sake should not be a concept. The division between art and life out of which such a concept comes should not exist. Art itself should be taken to be perishable, to be made again each time it disappears or is destroyed. What should be clung to is the spirit which makes art possible. That spirit requires the artist to leap from the intellectual and technical aspects of art, into the unconscious and subconscious space which houses our creativity.
I believe that art should concern itself with reaching beyond and beneath nature, to contact, and that art itself should become a part of la force vitale. The modern artistic image is not intended to represent the thing itself, but, rather, the reality of the force that the thing contains.
To me art is not what I think I feel, see and hear but, rather what I feel I see and hear. I don’t paint what I know, I paint what I feel. Abstract art isn’t”abstract" as we narrowly define the word - it is color, form and movement. When I paint, I leave my ideas behind, and create from my sensibilities. In its purest and most creative form, my art doesn’t come from my mind; it comes from the place in me that I dream. My total attention needs to be on the sensual flow of experience from the unconscious. I have to let go of that comforting, distant, thought-full voice, and descend into deep dream space of mine, a space that everybody has. This result is a kind of super concentration. To me, being an artist, means to never divert my eyes, never flinch, or turn from that place.
Professional Resume:
I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1944. I graduated from East High School in 1962. I attended the University of Utah.
I began painting early in my life. I experienced some success in my young adult years. I had one-man shows at Utah’s Pioneer Memorial Theatre and at the Cottonwood Mall in 1963-64, when I was 19 and 20. I then moved to Reno, NV. where my work was exhibited and was purchased by the then-Nevada Art Gallery. In my early twenties one of my paintings was chosen for exhibition in London.
Although I kept painting, I put aside the professional pursuit of art to raise my growing family, working full time as a pipe-fitter and later in my career as a mechanical designer. Two and a half years ago, at age 60, I retired, and have now returned to the full-time pursuit of my art.
In 2006 I became a member of the artists’ co-operative Art At The Main (Main Library in Salt Lake City) where my work is exhibited continuously. In 2005 I became a member of Utah Artists. (I was the featured artist for September, 2005). I am also a member of Artists of Utah and the Intermountain Society of Artists. In my efforts to join artists in Utah’s art community, I have received gracious help from the Utah Arts Council.
Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
Exhibitions / Shows
▪ Continuous: Fortunes Rocks Art Gallery 709 Blount Ave, Guntersville, AL
▪ Continuous: Member, Art At The Main Gallery (Cooperative) Main Library, Salt Lake City, UT (juried)
▪ Continuous: ▪ Palmers Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
▪ Upcoming: May 7 – 27, 2009 Agora Gallery 530 W. 25th Street New York, NY
▪ July 4 _ July 18 2008 La Boheme Gallery, 407 West Main Street, Buena Vista, Colorado
▪ June 20 – July 23, 2008 two artist show at the Palmers Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
▪ May 1 _ May 31 2008 Gallerie Pedro Ruivo Foundation at Av. Dr. Júlio Filipe Almeida Carrapato, 93 8000-081 FARO, Portugal.
▪ March 1– March 31 2008 Galeria de Arte Pintor Samora Barros at Camara Municipal de Albufeira, Largo Engº Duarte Pacheco, ALBUFEIRA, Portugal.
▪ March 25 – April 15 2008 Agora Gallery 530 W. 25th Street New York, NY
▪ February 22 – February 28 2008 Red Gate Gallery 209a Coldharbor Lane, London, UK
▪ August 17 – September 19, 2008 ISA Summer Show at the Palmers Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (juried)
▪ September 2007 thru April 2008 single artist show at the Salt Lake Eye Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah
▪ July – Aug. 2007 Summer Show at the Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
▪ June 15 – July 12, 2007 single artist show at the Palmers Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
▪ August 2006 thru August 2007: artKudos International Juried Art Competition & Exhibition at: http://www.artkudos.com/index.html
▪ September 15 – November 17, 2006 one person show at the Modern 8 Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
▪ May 19 – June 18, 2006 with Mark Knudsen at the Patrick Moore Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
▪ January 20 – March 3, 2006 with Steven Sheffield and Andrew Ehninger at the Alice Merrill Horne Gallery at the Glendinning Home, Salt Lake City, UT
Educational Public Demonstrations:
Main Branch Public Library, Salt Lake City Utah, Art At The Main Gallery
Pallet Club, Ogden, Utah
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