An intimate gallery celebrating fine local art
56 Calhoun Street
Bluffton, South Carolina
Open 11 am - 5 pm Tuesday - Saturday
Noon - 5 pm Sunday & Monday
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Happy New Year!
Artist Spotlight: Kristin Griffis
Artist Spotlight: Kristin Griffis
Our January 7 reception for artist Kristin Griffis has been postponed until further notice. But, her art, as well as the work of the six other member artists is on display. Lots of new pieces in for the new year!
Please visit us anytime in this fresh New Year to shop for local and unique art!
Artist Spotlight: Kristin Griffis
Artist Spotlight: Kristin Griffis
Artist Spotlight: Kristin Griffis
This section introduces you to our artists... we feature a different one each month!
This month is the fun-loving painter Kristin Griffis. A true Hilton Head native, Kristin has been creating and selling her art from an early age. Always a music lover, her paintings often depict dancing, instruments, and people making and enjoying music in all its forms. In fact, Kristin experiences synesthesia, which, in the arts, is a concept of defined as the simultaneous perception of two or more stimuli as one unified whole experience. That is, the music she hears translates to color and movement of brushstrokes on her canvas. The result is an energetic, colorful, music-filled, and almost primitive style of painting that her customers love. Her work is in private and corporate collections, including the Folk Art Museum at General Mills Headquarters in Minneapolis, and her “Piano Man” graces the cd cover of Jazz pianist Martin Lesch’s ‘Journey Through Jazz.’
Kristin is creative and productive in many aspects of her full life. In addition to painting, she is an avid gardener and raises a menagerie of wonderful animals, including turkeys, chickens, and bunnies. She and her husband James have recently bought a home on beautiful farmland acreage in Ridgeland. After some interesting travels as a youngster, Kristin loves living in the Lowcountry. She enjoys spending time with family at the beach, gardening, live music and painting!