"As a highly accomplished and internationally collected visual artist and photographer, Ann McGriffin's work invites the viewer into her meditative adventure. Her landscapes are reminiscent of the European Impressionists, warmly textured and subtly romantic, while her portraits and figures are stories in themselves. Often heads are floating as if in a state of levitation. The subjects appear to be suspended ...with hidden secrets to tell or perhaps keep to themselves. Equally proficient in her use of both oil and acrylic, Ms. McGriffin's style has a most appealing cachet. She is certainly an artist to watch."
“Ann McGriffin's style and range of talent as an artist can evoke the desire to plan that Tuscan wine trip you have put off for so long, as she has for me in the many Italian inspired paintings throughout my homes.
Inspired by an ancient tree that will remind you of life’s eternal movement, a chiseled face and its soul’s character, or an orchid captured in the moment before it fades, she will save it with her heart and art. Ann is true art for the love of it and the emotions it will bring back to you.”
Your Visionary work just knocks me out! It is all visionary to me; even your landscapes have that mysterious, somewhere there is more, feel to them.
Marah Rohovit Fine Art ~ Salt Lake City, Utah
Collections:
University of Evansville, Evansville, IN Amy Ahlersmeyer, Zionsville, IN Munawar Ali, Chicago, IL Kyle Blevins, Chicago, IL Dr. & Mrs. Timothy Burrell, Bloomington, IN Evelyn Davis, Indianapolis, IN Ms. Anne Doran, Indianapolis, IN Mr. & Mrs. Larry Downing, Indianapolis, IN Mr. & Mrs. Dustin Dubois, Fishers, IN Ahmed Fayed, Cairo, Egypt Lynn Gardner, Tucson, AZ Margaret Glover, Cincinnati, OH Kimberly Hankins, Indianapolis, IN Dwana Heiney, Indianapolis, IN Mr. Kenneth Keene, Indianapolis, IN Fred & Judy Klipsch, Carmel, IN Mrs. Fernando Lima, Goiania, Goias, Brazil Nicholas Logsdon, Indianapolis, IN Mrs. Marian Marlin, Brownsburg, IN James Martin, Goreville, IL George Munno, Daytona, FL Mr. & Mrs. Mike Phillips, Indianapolis, IN Jeff & Babbette Ross, Indianapolis, IN George Rubin, Indianapolis, IN Dr. Wm. & Alissa Scully, Kansas City, MO Ms. Joan Servaas-Durham, Indianapolis, IN Mr. Doug Travis, Indianapolis, IN Mr. & Mrs. Wendell Stevens, "on the road" Klyde Sullivan, Beverly Hills, CA Mrs. Kelli Waggoner, Brownsburg, IN Michael Wallace, Indianapolis, IN Thomas Wilson, Indianapolis, IN
Commissions:
Mrs. Bobbi Bradley, Indianapolis, IN: pet portrait Brian John Murray, Melbourne, Australia: portraits Mrs. Kelli Waggoner, Brownsburg, IN: family portraits Windrose Medical Properties~Corporate Offices, Indianapolis, IN Heartland Film Festival Auction 2003, Indianapolis, IN University of Evansville, Evansville, IN: Presidential Medal Box Ms. Anne Doran, Indianapolis, IN: pet portrait Fred & Judy Klipsch, Carmel, IN: Tuscan mural Fred & Judy Klipsch, Orlando, FL: portrait, various other paintings Mrs. Ellen Greenspan, Indianapolis, IN: portrait Mrs. Marian Marlin, Brownsburg, IN: portrait, various other paintings Tribal Music Fest, Indianapolis, IN: festival poster design Ameritech Hispanic Management Club, Indianapolis, IN: graphic design Indianapolis Central Regional Blood Center & Ameritech: graphic design
Exhibitions:
* International Guild of Figure Artists ~ Studio Vogue Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2011 * One Indiana Square Show ~ The Hoosier Salon, Indianapolis, 2008 * 6th Biennale dell’Arte Contemporanea di Firenze, 2007
* Deborah DeFazio~Lyons Gallery, Carmel, IN, 2006 * Group Show~Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, 2005 * Here Is New York~A Democracy of Photographs, New York, NY, 2002 * Tribal Music Fest, Art Designer, Indianapolis, IN, 1997 * Design Emphasis, International juried furniture design competition, Atlanta, GA, 1996, 1992 * "Womyn Waxing, Womyn Weaving", Women in the Arts juried competition, 1st place sculpture award recipient - Judge: Judy Chicago, Indiana University Fine Arts Gallery, 1996 * Damien Center of Indianapolis, presentation of my work "H.I.V. The Ultimate Achronym" to be used as a featured piece in their permanent art collection, 1996 * The Sacred Place Experience, juried exhibition, Ball State University School of Architecture and Planning, 1994 * Artforms' 93, Greater Lafayette Museum of Art (Purdue University) 1993 * Flying Island Writers' Center of Indianapolis, illustrations, Spring/Fall Issues, 1993 * Fantasy Furniture, juried exhibition, Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, 1992 * Start With Art, Arts Council of Indianapolis juried competition, recipient of Locke-Reynolds Award for painting, 1992 *Whitewater Valley Annual Drawing, Painting, Photography and Printmaking juried competion - Judge: Kay Larson~New York Magazine, Indiana University, 1991 * Arts Indiana Postcard Competition, 1986~1991