Nashville, Tennessee-based artist Martica Griffin uses energetic lines, organic structures, geometric forms and sensual colors to create her works. She primarily works in abstraction on canvas and paper using a wide variety of mediums including acrylic, oil, collage, plaster and crayon. Her work is characterized by layers of color, lines of gesture and a combination of natural and architectural shapes. Her visual language reflects landscape, popular culture, and history.
A native of Valdosta, Georgia, Griffin graduated from East Carolina University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting. She has done post-graduate work at the School for Visual Arts in New York and studied with internationally acclaimed painters. Her work resides in various public and private collections.
In my paintings, I use my visual language to process living in the world today. Some of what I do is intentional, some accidental. Shapes are formed, connected, erased. Colors shift, moods change. Fundamental to my work is a need to find the unexpected, uncover the past, and embrace uncertainty. I believe art inspires and fills us with wonder and optimism. I hope my work offers viewers a place to explore their own feelings and thoughts.