Martica Griffin is a Nashville, Tennessee-based painter who creates both abstract and figurative works. Using her strong sense of graphics, texture, and color, Griffin develops a sense of depth in each painting that makes every viewing of her work fresh and exciting. Working in acrylic on unstretched canvas allows her easy interchange between painting and drawing.
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. Her work resides in various public and private collections.
“The Colorful South”
Inspired by legends, myths, ghosts, music and more, this series of paintings is a color spectrum of the South. Each piece looks at what makes this region unique – from the music of Outkast and Johnny Cash, to the short stories of Eudora Welty, quilts of Alabama and more. The paintings begin with graphic marks and then are merged with color, shape, texture and the unexpected. The intention is to leave the viewer with a sense of joy, a smile or a feeling of something or somewhere they might have been or wish to go. A non-objective tour of the South.
