Ann McGriffin

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Pat McGriffin

Disrupted Realism
 

Realism disrupted by movement, light, and visual disturbances, fuels my work.  
I build images with an abstract approach to accentuate the underlying mystery of life. 
Fragments of my poetry, snippets from random conversations, or words from dreams that can be a possible reference to the ancient mind are, at times,
 incorporated into the composition.  
My goal is always to lead the viewer, and myself, to a new place.  

Keeping the past buried
22 X 28, acrylic and graphite on canvas


 
Swallowed by the sky
22 X 28, acrylic on canvas 


 
You always belonged in the fish section. 
11 X 16, acrylic and markers on canvas 

 
Eating a star from a spoon
16 X 20, mixed media on canvas 

 
Your photo sleeps in my nightstand. 
20 X 20, acrylic and markers on canvas

 
At the center of the circle, she stood there blinking.
16 X 20, acrylic and markers on canvas 

 
Crucial to the nacre of the pearl
16 X 20, acrylic and marker on canvas 

 
Climbing out of a memory
20 X 20, acrylic and markers on canvas 

 

Pre-existing and buried
16 X 20, acrylic and marker on canvas 


 
Angels get a better view. 
20 x 20, acrylic and markers on canvas 

 
Her mind was hooked
16 X 20, acrylic and graphite on canvas 

 
The desire to be a perfect ancestor
22 X 28, acrylic on canvas
99th Hoosier Salon (Juried) Exhibit 2023

 
Out among the goats and flowers
22 X 28, acrylic on canvas
DREAMS (juried) exhibit, District Arts, Frederick, MD 


 
Resting Brain Derangement
24 X 36, acrylic, graphite, markers on canvas
SALI National Abstract (Juried) Exhibit 2023

 
We watch through glass.
22 X 28, acrylic, graphite, markers on canvas
SALI National Abstract (Juried) Exhibit 2023
3rd Place


 
I will never have the proper dress to wear, for you to meet the moon.  Beth M.
SALI National Abstract  (Juried) Exhibit 2022 
Merit Award
22 X 28, acrylic, gold leaf, graphite on canvas

 
10% Human
SALI National Abstract (Juried) Exhibit 2022
3rd Place 
24 X 36, acrylic, pastels, graphite on canvas

 
Presence in Absence
** SOLD **
16 x 20, acrylic, marker & graphite on canvas

 
The trees are made mostly of salmon.
22 x 28, acrylic, marker, gold leaf on canvas

 
My feet are not enough.
** SOLD **
16 X 20, acrylic on canvas 

 
Sleep is the bite of death.
16 X 20, acrylic & graphite on canvas

 
5 Spirits
22 X 28, acrylic, graphite, markers on canvas

 
Eyes Listen
30 X 40, acrylic, china marker, graphite on canvas

 
The past...there's just so much of it.
!1 X 14, acrylic on canvas

 
It's all in the mind.
22 X 28, acrylic, china marker, graphite on canvas

 
I'm leaving you with two things
** SOLD **
22 X 28,acrylic on canvas 

 
A Pre-Existing Condition
** SOLD **
22 X 28, acrylic on canvas 

 
His brain was too full of reality.
22 X 28, acrylic and charcoal on canvas
SALI National Abstract Art (Juried) Exhibit 2021

 
Enraptured by Gravity
30 X 40, acrylic on canvas
SALI National Abstract Art (Juried) Exhibit 2021


 
The Silent Teacher
16 X 20, acrylic and marker on canvas

 
A silence of many doors
30 X 40, acrylic and charcoal on canvas

 
Hole
18 X 24, acrylic, graphite & china marker on canvas

 
Protong
12 X 16, acrylic and charcoal on canvas

 
Formidable
20 X 26, pastels, charcoal, graphite on paper

 
 
The air was lighter after they took off.
 36 X 48, acrylic on canvas  
SALI National Abstract Art (Juried) Exhibit 2020

 
For Eva Kor A-7063
22 X 28, acrylic & china marker on canvas
Hoosier Women Artists 2020-2021

 
Don't Fret
18 X 24, acrylic on canvas

 
This point begins the music
24 x 30, acrylic on canvas
** SOLD **
American Artwork 2021

 
The Roosevelt Hotel
36 x 48, acrylic on canvas
SALI National Abstract Art (Juried) Exhibit 2019
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD

 
I see through you.
22 X 28, acrylic and china marker on canvas
++ SOLD ++
2019 WVAC IU-East 41st Juried Exhibit

 
The body is an interface between the galaxies and the worm...
40 X 40, acrylic and oil stick on canvas  NFS
SALI National Abstract Art (Juried) Exhibit 2018
3rd Place 

 
Hidden Gondola
24 x 48, acrylic on canvas
40th Annual Whitewater Valley Art Competition ~IU East (2018)

 
5 More Eggs
30 X 40, acrylic on canvas
40th Annual Whitewater Valley Art Competition ~ IU East (2018)

 
Trevi Memories
16 X 20, acrylic on canvas
American Artwork 2018

 
In darkness, the hours hunt the mourning.
22 X 28, acrylic on canvas  

 
Here.  Drink this.
22 X 28, acrylic and china marker on canvas

 
The Quiet Artery
22 X 28, acrylic & oil stick on canvas  NFS

 
Sweaty Summer Bodies
18 X 24, acrylic on canvas

 
The Opening
16 x 20, acrylic on canvas

 
The Seed
20 X 20, acrylic on canvas

 
I do not need to be saved.
16 X 20, acrylic on canvas
++ SOLD ++

 
 
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No reproduction of any kind without the written consent of Ann McGriffin,   
McGriffin Studios.  All rights reserved.