• Oil on Canvas
• 36" X 48"
• Artist: James Griffin

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About the Artist:

James attended Arkansas State University where he received a BA in art education. This experience provided a broad view of Black culture as it relates historically to the specific styles and developments of world cultures in art. After personal travels throughout Europe while in the Armed forces, he was able to study the dominate artistic styles developed by European artists which would influence and later enhance his style of creativity in the visual arts. The artist later earned his Master’s Degree in drawing and painting from Governor’s  State University in Park Forest South, Illinois.   He has had numerous one man exhibits and has participated in many shows requiring the use of various mediums of self-expression. In these exhibits, he used several pieces from his “Memories of the South,” “Southern Fried Jazz” and “Black Clowns in the Circus Industry “ series.