COURAGE

I have been thinking about courage lately.

Courage: — the ability to do something that you know is right or good,even though it is dangerous, frightening, or very difficult (per dictionary).

It takes courage to be real. Courage and a great sense of vulnerability at the same time. With abstract work there is no framework of a realistic image. Only the moment. That inner calling that seeks to find a truthful expression. Quite a ruthless process at times.
My best work happens when I don’t care, but am fully present. Perhaps Self doubt is the artists biggest an enemy.

Time to get back to my large canvas, titled: The Middle East. Dipping the brush into blood red thin oils. It is not pretty.

Thanks to the man in the suit for posing unknowingly in front of Rothko’s masterpiece.Berlin National Galeria, 5 years ago. Read more >>

TOAST?

TOAST

It came to me at 3:30 in the morning. The word I have been looking for, that hold everything. The word that holds up my new series of Graffiti. Graffiti on large panels with silver leaf. weeks of work in preparing the art, laying the fragile leaves of silver, covering everything with epoxy resin. The look that represents the finer things in life: the  riches,the one %. Combined with the rawness of the street.

The word is TOAST.

 1. Toast        one of the most undervalued simple things in life. Toast, warm. Bread. Survival.Eat.

 2. Toast       politics, washington, politician scrambling, economic turmoil everywhere. Systems are now, well:  TOAST.  Enough.

 3. Toast       not quiet ready to toast to a new beginning. But we like to. 

The Great Collaboration: integrating Art & Architecture

After looking at social networking with mixed feelings for a while …..well, I have decided that there is nothing more rewarding than creating something together that is close to our hearts. Truly, I wish to take my new ‘connections’ and to collaborate, team up and work together on a creative endeavor.

I believe it is time to step forward to a new level of creative collaboration, broaden our visions, and integrate our knowledge, energy and creative resources. At this point I like to introduce you to the ArtDoors and invite you to take a look, step forward and offer me your feedback.

Perhaps we can engage in something meaningful, like the integration of Art and Architecture.

Sargam Griffin: Illumination

Illumination

Hours pass,and , as always when I least expect it, there’s a sudden tide of light as the sun crests the mountain. When the first rays flood the fields,

the thin yellow curtain behind me brightens, and the room swells with light. Everything is suddenly golden and illuminated,

and for just that one moment, I make the glorious and forgivable mistake of thinking it has something to do with me.

Come see us in Berlin at Galerie am Ratshaus on August 19 7-9pm  for the Grand opening!