Peter Griffin’s paintings feature the recurring motif of a silhouetted, wrapped, or partially concealed figure, combined with abstract imagery. These human forms create the sense of a mysterious physical presence and symbolise Griffin’s preoccupation with the human condition in his practice. Moving and atmospheric, Griffin’s visual language lends itself well to carborundum etching, a technique which produces soft edges and intense depth of colour. He also produced a series of ‘Big Head’ screenprints in collaboration with Gresham; in these works, the artist has been able to experiment with layering and collage effects.
Griffin exhibited widely in the UK and Europe and his work is held in collections all over the world.
