Chris Griffin

Biography

Chris Griffin was born in Maesycwmmer, Mid Glamorgan and graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1975. He is a member of the Welsh Group, the Royal Watercolour Society of Wales and has a studio at Oriel Canfas in Cardiff where he is a member of the Old Library Artists Ltd. We were lucky enough to take a virtual tour of the gallery with Chris; which inspired us to create our own masterpieces!

Ganed Chris Griffin ym Maesycwmer, Morgannwg Ganol a graddiodd o’r Coleg Celf Brenhinol yn 1975. Mae’n aelod o’r Grŵp Cymreig, Cymdeithas Frenhinol Dyfrlliwiau Cymru ac mae ganddo stiwdio yn Oriel Canfas yng Nghaerdydd lle mae’n aelod o yr Old Library Artists Ltd. Buom yn ddigon ffodus i fynd ar daith rithwir o amgylch yr oriel gyda Chris; a ysbrydolodd ni i greu ein campweithiau ein hunain!

Inspirations

Chris Griffin creates work that celebrates the Welsh landscape. Here are some of our favourite pieces!

This is Hengoed Viaduct! We love that the work is so detailed!

Here is Caerphilly Castle! We love this picture because we are looking at Medieval times at the moment!

As he got older, his eyesight began to get poor. However, instead of giving up, he changed his style.

These houses look like the houses you would see in Hengoed!

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Virtual Call and Gallery Tour!

We had a video call with Chris and he took us on a tour of his gallery!

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Here are some messages we recorded for Chris!

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We had lots of questions!

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We gave lots of compliments!

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We were really inspired!

We were inspired!

We loved having a tour of the gallery and we were especially inspired by the puppets that were on display and the frames that were created to showcase the work!

We created our own picture frames!

We created our own puppets!

Studying the artwork of Chris Griffin has inspired a whole new generation of artists!

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