102 - "Racoon Under A Tree," Mel Griffin, Value: $225

102

Title: "Racoon Under a Tree:

Artist: Mel Griffin

Media: Ceramics

Dimension: 1.25" x 9" Diameter

Value: $225

Mel Griffin approaches her ceramic surfaces as a means to draw with clay. This circular tile depicts a mischievous racoon, glazed in shades of blue, on a yellow and rose background with falling green-tinged leaves. Griffin explores animal imagery in all of her works to "remind the viewer of [their] own physicality, as well as to rekindle [their sense of wonder and discovery."

Mel Griffin makes ceramic wall tiles and illustrations that address the human relationship with the natural world. She earned a BA in studio art from Carleton College and an MFA from University of Minnesota. She was visiting professor at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, MN, and resident at Millersville University in Pennsylvania, Medalta International in Medicine Hat, Alberta. She was a 2012-2014 Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts Resident. She was awarded Emerging Artist by both Ceramics Monthly and NCECA and won the Leap Award from the Society of Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, PA.  She currently lives and works outside Helena in the Scratchgravel Hills, an area full of prickly pear cactus, jack rabbits, and coyotes. While not in the studio, she enjoys trail running with her dog and searching for wildlife.

http://www.melgriffin.com/

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