Description
‘The Naga’ by Christine Griffin
Artist: Christine Griffin
Title: ‘The Naga’
Medium: Graphite and acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 10″ x 8″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2024
Artwork Will Ship From: USA
About the Artwork:
“Spawning from the idea of ‘becoming’, I was intrigued by the idea of metamorphosis and what sort of creatures undergo great changes as they evolve into their adult selves. Snakes shed their skins, leaving behind that which they’ve outgrown, becoming bigger and sleeker. And more dangerous.
But also! I was experimenting with how graphite might sit on canvas, and I think I may just like it…” – Christine Griffin
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Christine enjoys creating quietly weird images, flavored by mystery, goth-folk and myth. Raised in West Virginia and currently living in central Ohio, she gravitates toward genre subjects—modern fantasy, speculative fiction and light horror—especially those familiar monsters that live under, and sometimes in, our own beds.
She earned a master’s degree in painting from George Washington University in our nation’s capital, but is currently exploring all the ways to manipulate graphite and dry media over thin washes of iridescent watercolor … soft, laborious gradations atop a gentle sheen. The interplay between humanity, nature and power is a beloved motif, and she never gets tired of drawing clouds or strange eyes. She also works digitally on book covers and private commissions, and successfully held her first public solo show at The Blockfort Gallery in Columbus, Ohio. Her life is shared with one husband, three sons, and a punk-ass cat.